Structural limits on verb mapping: The role of analogy in children's interpretations of sentences

Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 41-81

  Fisher, Cynthia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEMANTICS;

CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; SEMANTICS;

EID: 0030208867     PISSN: 00100285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cogp.1996.0012     Document Type: Article

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