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Categorization and naming in children: Problems of induction. Ellen Markman. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1989. Pp. 250.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 November 2008

William E. Merriman
William E. Merriman
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Kent State University
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Applied Psycholinguistics , Volume 12 , Issue 3 , September 1991 , pp. 385 - 392
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