Do early nouns refer to kinds or distinct shapes? Evidence from 10-month-old infants

Psychological Science

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 252-257

  Dewar, Kathryn ^a   Xu, Fei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; SEMANTICS;

CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; SEMANTICS; VERBAL LEARNING; VOCABULARY;

EID: 59349093214     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2009.02278.x     Document Type: Article

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