Colour term knowledge in two-year-olds: Evidence for early competence

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 177-199

  Shatz, Marilyn ^a   Behrend, Douglas ^b   Gelman, Susan A ^b   Ebeling, Karen S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; COLOR VISION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; COLOR PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; VERBAL LEARNING; VOCABULARY;

EID: 0030078587     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s030500090001014x     Document Type: Article

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