Animacy effects on the production of object-dislocated descriptions by Catalan-speaking children

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 97-117

  Prat Sala, Mercè ^a   Shillcock, Richard ^b   Sorace, Antonella ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; PHONETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHONETICS; SPEECH; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0034132782     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305000999004031     Document Type: Article

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