Function as a criterion for the extension of new words

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 87-125

  Gathercole, Virginia C Mueller ^a,b   Whitfield, Lisa Cramer ^c  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VOCABULARY;

EID: 0035256877     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S030500090000458X     Document Type: Article

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