Putting the "noun bias" in context: A comparison of English and Mandarin

Child Development

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 620-635

  Tardif, Twila ^a   Gelman, Susan A ^b   Xu, Fan ^c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

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EID: 0033432344     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8624.00045     Document Type: Article

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