Sorting out language and level: Examining the relation between productive vocabulary and category differentiation

First Language

Volumn 17, Issue 51, 1997, Pages 241-270

  Singer Freeman, Karen E ^a   Bauer, Patricia J ^b  

^a Institute of Child Development

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 84991475196     PISSN: 01427237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014272379701705111     Document Type: Article

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