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On the comprehension of comprehension studies: a reply to Gleitman, Shipley and Smith's (1978) criticism of Petretic & Tweney (1977)*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 September 2008

Ryan D. Tweney  and
Patricia A. Petretic
Ryan D. Tweney
Affiliation:
Bowling Green State University
Patricia A. Petretic
Affiliation:
University of South Dakota
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Journal of Child Language , Volume 8 , Issue 1 , February 1981 , pp. 193 - 204
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Address for correspondence: Dr Ryan D. Tweney, Department of Psychology, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio 43403, U.S.A. We are indebted to Kirk H. Smith and Irwin W. Silverman for their helpful comments on an earlier draft of this paper.

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