Is joint attention necessary for early language learning?

The Development of Social Cognition and Communication

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 165-180

  Akhtar, Nameera ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84920861462     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315805634     Document Type: Chapter

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