Every picture tells a story: South African and British children interpreting pictures

British Journal of Developmental Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 355-363

  Liddell, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0030495336     PISSN: 0261510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-835x.1996.tb00711.x     Document Type: Article

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