Children's understanding of the animacy constraint on pretense

Merrill-Palmer Quarterly

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 21-44

  Lillard, Angeline S ^b   Zeljo, Alexandra ^a   Curenton, Stephanie ^c   Kaugars, Astrida S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c NONE

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