On the role of language in children's early understanding of others as epistemic beings

Cognitive Development

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 158-173

  Matsui, Tomoko ^a   Yamamoto, Taeko ^b   McCagg, Peter ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYORIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epistemic modality; Language acquisition; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645062949     PISSN: 08852014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogdev.2005.10.001     Document Type: Article

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