The attention-grammar interface: Eye-gaze cues structural choice in children and adults

Cognitive Linguistics

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 457-481

  Ibbotson, Paul ^a   Lieven, Elena V M ^b   Tomasello, Michael ^c  

^a Max Planck Child Study Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Argument structure constructions; Attention grammar interface; Eye gaze; Social cognition; Subject

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878944006     PISSN: 09365907     EISSN: 16133641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cog-2013-0020     Document Type: Article

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