Basic level object categories support the acquisition of novel adjectives: Evidence from preschool-aged children

Child Development

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 649-659

  Klibanoff, Raquel S ^a   Waxman, Sandra R ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; VERBAL LEARNING; VOCABULARY;

EID: 0034185871     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8624.00173     Document Type: Article

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