Lexically specific constructions in the acquisition of inflection in English

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 75-115

  Wilson, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE; MALE; VERBAL LEARNING; VOCABULARY;

EID: 0037302989     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305000902005512     Document Type: Article

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