A developmental lexical bias in the interpretation of discrepant messages

Merrill-Palmer Quarterly

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 342-369

  Friend, Margaret ^a,b,c   Bryant, Judith Becker ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE

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