Contextual factors affect absent reference comprehension in 14-month-olds

Child Development

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 989-998

  Ganea, Patricia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; SEMANTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; SEMANTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 26844581578     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2005.00892.x     Document Type: Article

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