File change semantics for preschoolers: Alternative naming and belief understanding

Interaction Studies

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 483-501

  Perner, Josef ^a   Brandl, Johannes L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Alternative naming; Discourse referents; False belief; Perspectives; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248562150     PISSN: 15720373     EISSN: 15720381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/is.6.3.11per     Document Type: Article

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