Carrot-eaters and Creature-believers: The Effects of Lexicalization on Children's Inferences about Social Categories

Psychological Science

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 489-493

  Gelman, Susan A ^b   Heyman, Gail D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 0346401821     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9280.00194     Document Type: Article

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