Social and Discourse Contributions to the Determination of Reference in Cross-Situational Word Learning

Language Learning and Development

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-24

  Frank, Michael C ^a   Tenenbaum, Joshua B ^b   Fernald, Anne ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 84871866595     PISSN: 15475441     EISSN: 15473341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15475441.2012.707101     Document Type: Article

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