The developmental acquisition of basic colour terms

Progress in Colour Studies

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 139-158

  Pitchford, Nicola J ^a   Mullen, Kathy T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.1075/z.pics2     Document Type: Chapter

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