Structure mapping and relational language support children's learning of relational categories

Child Development

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1173-1188

  Gentner, Dedre ^a   Anggoro, Florencia K ^b   Klibanoff, Raquel S ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Biology   (United States)

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ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST;

CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 79960166305     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2011.01599.x     Document Type: Article

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