Lexical choice can lead to problems: What false-belief tests tell us about Greek alternative verbs of agency

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 145-164

  Maridaki Kassotaki, Katerina ^a   Lewis, Charlie ^b   Freeman, Norman H ^c  

^a HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZATION;

CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; VOCABULARY;

EID: 0037303861     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305000902005421     Document Type: Article

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