What 'you' and 'I' mean to each other: Person indexicals, self-ascription, and theory of mind

Language

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 332-365

  Wechsler, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquisition; Autism; Indexical; Person; Pronoun; Self reference; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954694871     PISSN: 00978507     EISSN: 15350665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/lan.0.0220     Document Type: Article

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