Infants’ ability to consult the speaker for clues to word reference

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1993, Pages 395-418

  Baldwin, Dare A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VIDEORECORDING;

FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; MALE; SEMANTICS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING; VOCABULARY;

EID: 0027618444     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: 14697602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305000900008345     Document Type: Article

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