Mental verbs and semantic development

Journal of Cognition and Development

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 357-384

  Montgomery, Derek E ^a  

^a BRADLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING TEST; MENTAL CAPACITY; REVIEW; SEMANTICS; VERBAL MEMORY;

EID: 4544379706     PISSN: 15248372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327647JCD3,4-01     Document Type: Review

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