Autonomous linguistic systems in the language of young children

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 651-671

  Levy, Yonata ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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

CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; MALE; SEMANTICS;

EID: 0031241697     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305000997003164     Document Type: Article

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