Early word learning and categorization: Methodological issues and recent empirical evidence

Infant Pathways to Language: Methods, Models, and Research Directions

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 245-266

  Cohen, Leslie B ^a   Brunt, Jason ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 84920498448     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203809907     Document Type: Chapter

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