Rapid learning of an abstract language-specific category: Polish children's acquisition of the instrumental construction

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 533-558

  Da̧browska, Ewa ^a   Tomasello, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; POLAND; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TIME;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; MALE; POLAND; TIME FACTORS; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 46349087287     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: 14697602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305000908008660     Document Type: Article

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