Nouns before verbs in comprehension vs. production: The view from pragmatics

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 501-520

  Goldfield, Beverly A ^a  

^a RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE   (United States)

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ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; MALE; OBSERVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEMANTICS; SPEECH; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OBSERVATION; SEMANTICS; SPEECH; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VOCABULARY;

EID: 0034297327     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305000900004244     Document Type: Article

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