Categorization and Its Developmental Relation to Early Language

Child Development

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 843-859

  Gershkoff Stowe, Lisa ^a   Thal, Donna J ^b   Smith, Linda B ^b   Namy, Laura L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0031515678     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.1997.tb01966.x     Document Type: Article

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