The role of input frequency and semantic transparency in the acquisition of verb meaning: Evidence from placement verbs in Tamil and Dutch

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 504-532

  Narasimhan, Bhuvana ^a   Gullberg, Marianne ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPREHENSION; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PHONETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEMANTICS;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPREHENSION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PHONETICS; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; SEMANTICS; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 79956072155     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: 14697602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305000910000164     Document Type: Article

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