Early passive acquisition in Inuktitut

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 129-155

  Allen, Shanley E M ^a   Crago, Martha B ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; ESKIMO; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; MALE;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INUITS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 0030079415     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0305000900010126     Document Type: Article

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