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Individual Differences in Children's and Parents' Generic Language
dc.contributor.authorGelman, Susan A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorWare, Elizabeth A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorKleinberg, Feliciaen_US
dc.contributor.authorManczak, Erika M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorStilwell, Sarah M.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-05-23T15:59:46Z
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dc.date.issued2014-05en_US
dc.identifier.citationGelman, Susan A.; Ware, Elizabeth A.; Kleinberg, Felicia; Manczak, Erika M.; Stilwell, Sarah M. (2014). "Individual Differences in Children's and Parents' Generic Language." Child Development 85(3): 924-940.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0009-3920en_US
dc.identifier.issn1467-8624en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/106950
dc.publisherWiley Periodicals, Inc.en_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Chicago Pressen_US
dc.titleIndividual Differences in Children's and Parents' Generic Languageen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.rights.robotsIndexNoFollowen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelPsychologyen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelSocial Sciencesen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/106950/1/cdev12187.pdf
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/cdev.12187en_US
dc.identifier.sourceChild Developmenten_US
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