Language and theory of mind: A longitudinal study of three- to four-year-olds;Sprache und theory of mind: Eine längsschnittstudie bei drei- bis vierjährigen

Zeitschrift fur Entwicklungspsychologie und Padagogische Psychologie

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 207-220

  Lockl, Kathrin ^a   Schwarz, Stefanie ^a   Schneider, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Language development; Longitudinal study; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

EID: 7244228203     PISSN: 00498637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1026/0049-8637.36.4.207     Document Type: Article

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