Hot dogs and zavy cats: Preschoolers' and adults' expectations about familiar and novel adjectives

Brain and Language

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 16-37

  Graham, Susan A ^a   Welder, Andrea N ^a   McCrimmon, Adam W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BASKETBALL; BIRD; CAT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; EMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; INFORMATION; LANGUAGE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RABBIT; SHOE; STIMULUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOM ALLOCATION; VERBAL LEARNING; VOCABULARY;

EID: 0037282630     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-934X(02)00518-7     Document Type: Article

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