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Linguistic and Cultural Variation in Early Color Word Learning. / Forbes, Samuel H.; Plunkett, Kim.

In: Child Development, Vol. 91, No. 1, 01.2020, p. 28-42.

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Forbes, SH & Plunkett, K 2020, 'Linguistic and Cultural Variation in Early Color Word Learning', Child Development, vol. 91, no. 1, pp. 28-42. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13164

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Forbes, S. H., & Plunkett, K. (2020). Linguistic and Cultural Variation in Early Color Word Learning. Child Development, 91(1), 28-42. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13164

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Forbes SH, Plunkett K. Linguistic and Cultural Variation in Early Color Word Learning. Child Development. 2020 Jan;91(1):28-42. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13164

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Forbes, Samuel H. ; Plunkett, Kim. / Linguistic and Cultural Variation in Early Color Word Learning. In: Child Development. 2020 ; Vol. 91, No. 1. pp. 28-42.

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