The level of detail in infants' word learning

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 229-232

  Newman, Rochelle S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Generalization; Infant; Talker variability; Word learning; Word recognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 45349105838     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8721.2008.00580.x     Document Type: Review

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