Word learning is ‘smart’: evidence that conceptual information affects preschoolers' extension of novel words
@article{Booth2002WordLI,
title={Word learning is ‘smart’: evidence that conceptual information affects preschoolers' extension of novel words},
author={Amy E Booth and Sandra R. Waxman},
journal={Cognition},
year={2002},
volume={84},
pages={B11-B22}
}
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