Linguistic cues in the acquisition of number words

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 511-533

  Bloom, Paul ^a   Wynn, Karen ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; MALE; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 0031243705     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305000997003188     Document Type: Article

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