Learning words from reliable and unreliable speakers

Cognitive Development

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 278-290

  Scofield, Jason ^a   Behrend, Douglas A ^b  

^a Human Development and Family Studies   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Language development; Speaker reliability; Trust; Word learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 43449122745     PISSN: 08852014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogdev.2008.01.003     Document Type: Article

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