Perspective-shifts in event descriptions in Tamil child language

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 99-124

  Narasimhan, Bhuvana ^a   Gullberg, Marianne ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AWARENESS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; SEMANTICS; SPEECH ANALYSIS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AWARENESS; CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SEMANTICS; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33344465714     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: 14697602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305000905007191     Document Type: Review

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