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A Commentary on Werker (2017): Limitations of the laboratory and the role of variability in language learning

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 September 2018

Leher Singh ,
Giovanna Morini ,
Roberta Michnick Golinkoff  and
Kathy Hirsh-Pasek
Leher Singh
Affiliation:
National University of Singapore
Giovanna Morini
Affiliation:
University of Delaware
Roberta Michnick Golinkoff
Affiliation:
University of Delaware
Kathy Hirsh-Pasek
Affiliation:
Temple University
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Applied Psycholinguistics , Volume 39 , Issue 4 , July 2018 , pp. 746 - 753
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