What's in a Name When It Isn't a Word? 17-Month-Olds' Mapping of Nonverbal Symbols to Object Categories

Infancy

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 73-86

  Namy, Laura L ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0011698112     PISSN: 15250008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327078IN0201_5     Document Type: Article

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