The role of inferences about referential intent in word learning: Evidence from autism

Cognition

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Preissler, Melissa Allen ^a,c   Carey, Susan ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Toddlers; Word learning

Indexed keywords

AMBIGUITY; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LEARNING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORETICAL STUDY;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEMANTICS; VERBAL LEARNING; VOCABULARY;

EID: 24644450072     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2005.01.008     Document Type: Article

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