Less Really Is More for Adults Learning a Miniature Artificial Language

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 250-273

  Kersten, Alan W ^a   Earles, Julie L ^b  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Constraints; Critical period; Development; Language; Meaning; Morphology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035242153     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmla.2000.2751     Document Type: Article

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