Young children's acquisition of wh-questions: The role of structured input

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 117-143

  Valian, Virginia ^a   Casey, Lyman ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Hunter College ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; LINGUISTICS; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 0037304090     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305000902005457     Document Type: Article

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