Functional morphemes and early language acquisition

Child Development Perspectives

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 6-11

  Shi, Rushen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Functional morphemes; Grammatical relations; Infant speech perception; Language acquisition; Linguistic structures; Nature versus nurture; Syntax; Word learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893761961     PISSN: 17508592     EISSN: 17508606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdep.12052     Document Type: Article

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