Relative roles of general and complementation language in theory-of-mind development: Evidence from Cantonese and English

Child Development

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1155-1170

  Cheung, Him ^a   Hsuan Chih, Chen ^a   Creed, Nikki ^b   Ng, Lisa ^b   Wang, Sui Ping ^c   Mo, Lei ^c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 4344624905     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2004.00731.x     Document Type: Review

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