Once upon a time, there was a pulchritudinous princess.Â.Â.: The role of word definitions and multiple story contexts in children's learning of difficult vocabulary

Applied Psycholinguistics

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 591-613

  Wilkinson, Kathryn S ^a   Houston Price, Carmel ^b  

^a NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84885599205     PISSN: 01427164     EISSN: 14691817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0142716411000889     Document Type: Article

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