Iconicity in the speech of children and adults

Developmental Science

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2018, Pages

  Perry, Lynn K ^a   Perlman, Marcus ^b   Winter, Bodo ^c   Massaro, Dominic W ^d   Lupyan, Gary ^e  

^a University of Miami   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH; VERBAL LEARNING;

ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; SPEECH; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 85019889205     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/desc.12572     Document Type: Article

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