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| Child Language | 1 |
| Cognitive Processes | 1 |
| Comprehension | 1 |
| Intellectual Development | 1 |
| Language Acquisition | 1 |
| Language Patterns | 1 |
| Language Research | 1 |
| Psycholinguistics | 1 |
| Verbal Communication | 1 |
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| Psychological Review | 1 |
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| Macnamara, John | 1 |
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Peer reviewedMacnamara, John – Psychological Review, 1972
Infants learn their language by first determining, independent of language, the meaning which a speaker intends to convey to them, and by then working out the relationship between the meaning and the expression they heard. (Author)
Descriptors: Child Language, Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Intellectual Development
