Objects of desire, thought, and reality: Problems of anchoring discourse referents in development

Mind and Language

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 475-513

  Perner, Josef ^a   Rendl, Bibiane ^a   Garnham, Alan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 35649023229     PISSN: 02681064     EISSN: 14680017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0017.2007.00317.x     Document Type: Article

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