Two-year-olds learn words for absent objects and actions

British Journal of Developmental Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 79-93

  Akhtar, Nameera ^a,b   Tomasello, Michael ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0041049225     PISSN: 0261510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-835x.1996.tb00695.x     Document Type: Article

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