When answer-phone makes a difference in children's acquisition of English compounds

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 677-691

  Murphy, Victoria A ^a   Nicoladis, Elena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; UNITED KINGDOM; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

CANADA; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LINGUISTICS; MALE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33749324844     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: 14697602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S030500090600746X     Document Type: Article

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