Restricting a Familiar Name in Response to Learning a New One: Evidence for the Mutual Exclusivity Bias in Young Two-Year-Olds

Child Development

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 211-228

  Merriman, William E ^a   Stevenson, Colleen M ^b  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECALL; SEMANTICS;

ATTENTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SEMANTICS; VERBAL LEARNING; VOCABULARY;

EID: 0031112348     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.1997.tb01936.x     Document Type: Article

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