Comparison, basic-level categories, and the teaching of adjectives

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 923-937

  Manders, Katherine ^a   Hall, D Geoffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZATION; TEACHING;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINGUISTICS; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TEACHING; VOCABULARY;

EID: 0036851694     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305000902005391     Document Type: Article

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