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Direct linkKlinger, Jörn; Mayor, Julien; Bannard, Colin – Child Development, 2016
Despite its recognized importance for cultural transmission, little is known about the role imitation plays in language learning. Three experiments examine how rates of imitation vary as a function of qualitative differences in the way language is used in a small indigenous community in Oaxaca, Mexico and three Western comparison groups. Data from…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Experiments, Indigenous Populations, Foreign Countries
