Does preemption help children learn verb transitivity?

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 759-781

  Brooks, Patricia J ^a   Zizak, Otto ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZATION;

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

EID: 0036853303     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305000902005287     Document Type: Article

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