Antonyms in children's and child-directed speech

First Language

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 403-430

  Murphy, M Lynne ^a   Jones, Steven ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acquisition; Antonym; Child directed speech; Constructions; Contrast; Discourse functions; Opposite; Preschool children; Semantic relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 61049410727     PISSN: 01427237     EISSN: 17402344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0142723708091047     Document Type: Article

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