Bootstrapping mechanisms in first language acquisition

Linguistics

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 359-382

  Höhle, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

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EID: 62449320602     PISSN: 00243949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/LING.2009.013     Document Type: Article

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