When speech is ambiguous, gesture steps in: Sensitivity to discourse-pragmatic principles in early childhood

Applied Psycholinguistics

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 209-224

  So, Wing Chee ^a   Demir, Özlem Ece ^b   Goldin Meadow, Susan ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 77951230084     PISSN: 01427164     EISSN: 14691817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0142716409990221     Document Type: Article

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