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Elizabeth Bates, Inge Bretherton & Lynn Snyder, From first'words to grammar: individual differences and dissociable mechanisms. Cambridge: C.U.P., 1988. Pp. xii + 326.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 February 2009

Elena Lieven
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK.
Julian Pine
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK.

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