A connectionist account of Spanish determiner production

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 305-331

  Smith, Pamela ^a   Nix, Andrew ^a   Davey, Neil ^a   Ornat, Susana López ^b   Messer, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHONETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; SEMANTICS; SEX DIFFERENCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PHONETICS; SEMANTICS; SEX FACTORS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0037528047     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305000903005622     Document Type: Review

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