Individual differences in semantic and structural errors in children’s memory for sentences

Educational and Child Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 7-18

  Marshall, Catherine M ^a,b   Nation, Kate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 28244475184     PISSN: 02671611     EISSN: 23968702     Source Type: Book Series    
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