Mode of acquisition of word meanings: The viability of a theoretical construct

Applied Psycholinguistics

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 385-406

  Wauters, Loes N ^a   Tellings, Agnes E J M ^a   Van Bon, Wim H J ^a   Van Haaften, A Wouter ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0141655150     PISSN: 01427164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0142716403000201     Document Type: Article

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