Adult offer, word-class, and child uptake in early lexical acquisition

First Language

Volumn 30, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 250-269

  Clark, Eve V ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

interaction; lexical acquisition; repeats; uptake; word class

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650485304     PISSN: 01427237     EISSN: 17402344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0142723710370537     Document Type: Article

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