Repetition as ratification: How parents and children place information in common ground

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 349-371

  Clark, Eve V ^a   Bernicot, Josie ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PARENT; PERIODICITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ATTENTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; PARENTS; PERIODICITY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 42549095550     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: 14697602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305000907008537     Document Type: Article

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