Graded representations in the acquisition of English and German transitive constructions

Cognitive Development

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 48-66

  Abbot Smith, Kirsten ^a   Lieven, Elena ^b,c   Tomasello, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

English; German; Grammatical development; Transitive

Indexed keywords

EID: 38949118674     PISSN: 08852014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogdev.2007.11.002     Document Type: Article

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