But Are They Really Verbs? Chinese Words for Action

Action Meets Word: How Children Learn Verbs

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Tardif, Twila ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese verbs; Chinese words; Properties of nouns; Verb learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920476807     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195170009.003.0019     Document Type: Chapter

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