Young children's uptake of new words in conversation

Language in Society

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 157-182

  Clark, Eve V ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conversation; Language acquisition; New words; Repetition; Uptake

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247479017     PISSN: 00474045     EISSN: 14698013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0047404507070091     Document Type: Article

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