Errors of omission in English-speaking children's production of plurals and the past tense: The effects of frequency, phonology, and competition

Cognitive Science

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1027-1052

  Matthews, Danielle E ^a   Theakston, Anna L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Infectional morphology; Language acquisition

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846258416     PISSN: 03640213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15516709cog0000_66     Document Type: Article

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