The role of animacy in children's understanding of 'move'

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 683-701

  Gelman, Susan A ^a   Koenig, Melissa A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZATION; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 0035495839     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0305000901004810     Document Type: Article

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