Acquisition of the Mental State Verb Know by 2- to 5-Year-Old Children

Journal of Psycholinguistic Research

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 581-603

  Booth, James R ^a   Hall, William S ^b   Robison, Gregory C ^c   Kim, Su Yeong ^d  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; VOCABULARY;

EID: 0031279208     PISSN: 00906905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025093906884     Document Type: Article

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