Children do not overcome lexical biases where adults do: The role of the referential scene in garden-path recovery

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 222-234

  Kidd, Evan ^a   Stewart, Andrew J ^a   Serratrice, Ludovica ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; EYE FIXATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEMANTICS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPREHENSION; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; INFANT; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; SEMANTICS;

EID: 79953015698     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: 14697602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305000909990316     Document Type: Article

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