Mindreading, communication and the learning of names for things

Mind and Language

Volumn 17, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 37-54

  Bloom, Paul ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0036487466     PISSN: 02681064     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0017.00188     Document Type: Article

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