Preschoolers' default assumptions about word meaning: Proper names designate unique individuals

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 177-186

  Hall, D Geoffrey ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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EID: 37849188013     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.32.1.177     Document Type: Article

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