Comprehension of idiomatic verb + particle constructions in 6- to 11-year-old children

First Language

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 203-226

  Crutchley, Alison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elicitation task; Forced choice; Later language development; Non literal language; Phrasal verb

Indexed keywords

EID: 43249133312     PISSN: 01427237     EISSN: 17402344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0142723707078317     Document Type: Article

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