Splitting the notion of 'agent': Case-marking in early child Hindi

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 787-803

  Narasimhan, Bhuvana ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW;

CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; LINGUISTICS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; VERBAL LEARNING; VOCABULARY;

EID: 29144482623     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: 14697602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305000905007117     Document Type: Review

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