Commentary: Flexibility in the semantics and syntax of children's early verb use

Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 113-126

  Tomasello, Michael ^a   Brandt, Silke ^a  

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ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEMANTICS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; SEMANTICS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VOCABULARY;

EID: 67749137250     PISSN: 0037976X     EISSN: 15405834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5834.2009.00523.x     Document Type: Note

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