From semantics to syntax and back again: Argument structure in the third year of life

Cognition

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Fernandes, Keith J ^b   Marcus, Gary F ^a   Di Nubila, Jennifer A ^a   Vouloumanos, Athena ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Argument structure; Children; Semantics; Syntax; Toddlers; Verb learning; Word learning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS; SPEECH;

CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINGUISTICS; MALE; SEMANTICS; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 33745129334     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2005.08.003     Document Type: Article

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