The effects of focusing children's attention on the literal meaning of the message

Merrill-Palmer Quarterly

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 295-318

  Reid, Luc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

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