Cognitive architectures and language acquisition: A case study in pronoun comprehension

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 731-766

  Van Rij, Jacolien ^a   Van Rijn, Hedderik ^a   Hendriks, Petra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME;

CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION; THEORY OF MIND; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77952540959     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: 14697602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305000909990560     Document Type: Article

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