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A further look at the motherese hypothesis: a reply to Gleitman, Newport & Gleitman*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 September 2008

David Furrow  and
Katherine Nelson
David Furrow*
Affiliation:
Mount Saint Vincent University
Katherine Nelson*
Affiliation:
City University of New York
*
David Furrow, Department of Psychology, Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, BM 2J6;
Katherine Nelson, Ph.D. Program in Developmental Psychology, The Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York, 33 West 42nd Street, New York, NY 10036–8099, USA.
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Journal of Child Language , Volume 13 , Issue 1 , February 1986 , pp. 163 - 176
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1986

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Order of authorship was alphabetically determined. We would like to thank Rudy Kafer and Norman Uhl for helpful comments on the contents of this paper.

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