Young children's ability to detect ambiguity in descriptions of location

Cognitive Development

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 375-396

  Plumert, Jodie M ^a  

^a E11 SSH   (United States)

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EID: 0038905711     PISSN: 08852014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0885-2014(96)90010-6     Document Type: Article

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