The principles of conventionality and contrast in word learning: An empirical examination

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 451-463

  Diesendruck, Gil ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Disambiguation; Pragmatics; Speakers' intent; Word learning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; VERBAL LEARNING; VOCABULARY;

EID: 20444495338     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.41.3.451     Document Type: Article

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