Playing with word endings: Morphological variation in the learning of Russian noun inflections

British Journal of Developmental Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 55-77

  Kempe, Vera ^a   Brooks, Patricia J ^b   Mironova, Natalija ^c   Pershukova, Angelina ^c   Fedorova, Olga ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 33847609590     PISSN: 0261510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/026151006X100675     Document Type: Article

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