Intentions help children learn meaningful rules

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 221-234

  Patael, Smadar ^a   Diesendruck, Gil ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PILOT STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEMANTICS; SPEECH ANALYSIS;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; SEMANTICS; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 37849023556     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: 14697602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305000907008331     Document Type: Article

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