Limitations on reliability: Regularity rules in the english plural and past tense

Child Development

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 750-760

  Jaswal, Vikram K ^a   McKercher, David A ^b   Vanderborght, Mieke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

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EID: 43749121573     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2008.01155.x     Document Type: Article

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