Syntactic Supports for Word Learning

Blackwell Handbook of Language Development

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 212-231

  Naigles, Letitia R ^a   Swensen, Lauren D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Syntactic bootstrapping; Syntactic information; Syntactic variations; Vocabulary acquisition; Word learning

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EID: 84889484104     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470757833.ch11     Document Type: Chapter

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