Theories of early language acquisition

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 146-153

  Plunkett, Kim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0001999844     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6613(97)01039-5     Document Type: Article

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