Different kinds of concepts and different kinds of words: What words do for human cognition

The Making of Human Concepts

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Waxman, Sandra R ^a   Gelman, Susan A ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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Concept; Development; Human cognition; Language; Word; Words

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EID: 84867571945     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199549221.003.06     Document Type: Chapter

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