Acquiring non-object terms: The case for time words

Journal of Cognition and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 16-36

  Shatz, Marilyn ^a,b   Tare, Medha ^a,c   Nguyen, Simone P ^b   Young, Tess ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNOWLEDGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MENTAL TASK; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPONSE TIME; TIME;

EID: 76649144825     PISSN: 15248372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15248370903453568     Document Type: Article

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