Early perception-late comprehension of grammar? the case of verbal -s: A response to de Villiers & Johnson (2007)

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 671-676

  Soderstrom, Melanie ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; HUMAN; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; LINGUISTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 46349107237     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: 14697602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305000907008616     Document Type: Article

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