Infants' disambiguation of novel object words

First Language

Volumn 18, Issue 53, 1998, Pages 149-164

  Graham, Susan A ^a,b   Poulin Dubois, Diane ^c   Baker, Rachel K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science

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EID: 0040283160     PISSN: 01427237     EISSN: 17402344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014272379801805302     Document Type: Article

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