Effects of knowledge about cross-language equivalents on children's use of mutual exclusivity in interpreting novel labels

Japanese Psychological Research

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 82-91

  Haryu, Etsuko ^a  

^a AOYAMA GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Developmental change; Knowledge (cross language equivalents); Learning (word meaning); Mutual exclusivity (constraint); Young children

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032258979     PISSN: 00215368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-5884.00078     Document Type: Article

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