How we learn to talk about events: Linguistic and conceptual constraints on verb learning

Language Acquisition

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 69-71

  Bunger, Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 41449115186     PISSN: 10489223     EISSN: 15327817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10489220701600481     Document Type: Article

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