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Inappropriate expansion: a demonstration of a methodology for child language research*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 September 2008

Emily W. Bushnell  and
Richard N. Aslin
Emily W. Bushnell
Affiliation:
University of Minnesota
Richard N. Aslin
Affiliation:
Indiana University
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Journal of Child Language , Volume 4 , Issue 1 , February 1977 , pp. 115 - 122
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1977

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This research was supported by a University of Minnesota Graduate School grant (458-0350-4909-02) to Dr M. P. Maratsos and a USPHS Traineeship (5-T01-MH06668-18) to the first author. We thank Dr Maratsos and Stanley Kuczaj for their help in revising a first draft. Reprint requests should be sent to Emily W. Bushnell, Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55455.

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