Pointing sets the stage for learning language - And creating language

Child Development

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 741-745

  Goldin Meadow, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; SEMANTICS;

CHILD LANGUAGE; COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; INFANT; SEMANTICS; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 34248643145     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2007.01029.x     Document Type: Article

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