Age of acquisition for naming and knowing: A new hypothesis

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 268-295

  Funnell, Elaine ^a   Hughes, Diana ^a   Woodcock, Jayne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECALL; SEMANTICS;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; SEMANTICS; VERBAL LEARNING; VOCABULARY;

EID: 33645094422     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724980443000674     Document Type: Article

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