Conversational correlates of children's acquisition of mental verbs and a theory of mind

First Language

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 375-402

  Howard, Alice Ann ^a   Mayeux, Lara ^b   Naigles, Letitia R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Language; Maternal input; Mental verbs; Social cognitive development; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

EID: 61049336255     PISSN: 01427237     EISSN: 17402344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0142723708091044     Document Type: Article

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