The effect of perceptual availability and prior discourse on young children's use of referring expressions

Applied Psycholinguistics

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 403-422

  Matthews, Danielle ^a   Lieven, Elena ^a   Theakston, Anna ^a   Tomasello, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

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EID: 33749355314     PISSN: 01427164     EISSN: 14691817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0142716406060334     Document Type: Article

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