Fast mapping by bilingual preschool children

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 495-514

  Kan, Pui Fong ^a   Kohnert, Kathryn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TIME; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTILINGUALISM; TIME FACTORS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 46349100871     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: 14697602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305000907008604     Document Type: Article

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