Do word learners ignore ignorant speakers?

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 905-924

  Sabbagh, Mark A ^a   Wdowiak, Sylwia D ^a   Ottaway, Jennifer M ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEMANTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEMANTICS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 0344685508     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305000903005828     Document Type: Article

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