Children's resistance to homonymy: An experimental study of pseudohomonyms

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 319-343

  Casenhiser, Devin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEMANTICS;

ATTITUDE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINGUISTICS; MALE; SEMANTICS;

EID: 22544468851     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305000904006749     Document Type: Article

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