Two-year-olds' expectation that lexical gaps will be filled

First Language

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 225-247

  Momen, Nausheen ^a   Merriman, William E ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84998013877     PISSN: 01427237     EISSN: 17402344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014272370202206601     Document Type: Article

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