What part of no do children not understand? A usage-based account of multiword negation

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 251-282

  Cameron Faulkner, Thea ^a   Lieven, Elena ^a,b   Theakston, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINGUISTICS; MALE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL LEARNING; VOCABULARY;

EID: 34247483524     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: 14697602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305000906007884     Document Type: Article

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