Syntax and semantics in the acquisition of locative verbs*

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1991, Pages 115-151

  Gropen, Jess ^a   Pinker, Steven ^a   Hollander, Michelle ^a   Goldberg, Richard ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEMANTICS; SPEECH; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TESTS; SEMANTICS; SPEECH; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0026110506     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: 14697602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305000900013325     Document Type: Article

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