Memory for generic and quantified sentences in Spanish-speaking children and adults

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1231-1244

  Gelman, Susan A ^a   Sánchez Tapia, Ingrid ^b   Leslie, Sarah Jane ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECALL; SEMANTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; SEMANTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84941253732     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: 14697602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305000915000483     Document Type: Article

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