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For and against frequencies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 February 2015

CHARLES YANG
CHARLES YANG*
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University of Pennsylvania
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Journal of Child Language , Volume 42 , Issue 2 , March 2015 , pp. 287 - 293
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