The sources of young children's name innovations for novel artifacts

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 823-843

  Nelson, Deborah G ^a   Herron, Lindsay ^a   Holt, Morghan B ^a  

^a SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEMANTICS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; SEMANTICS;

EID: 0345116370     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305000903005798     Document Type: Article

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