Bootstrapping the early lexicon: How do children use old knowledge to create new meanings?

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue MAR, 2013, Pages

  Mather, Emily ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84878790223     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00096     Document Type: Article

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