Support for hybrid models of the age of acquisition of English nouns

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1164-1170

  Reilly, Jamie ^a   Chrysikou, Evangelia G ^b   Ramey, Christopher H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c FLORIDA SOUTHERN COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 38149140166     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03193107     Document Type: Article

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