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Kirsty R Green1, Marcus Perlman2, Sotaro Kita1

  • 1Department of Psychology, University of Warwick, Coventry, West Midlands, United Kingdom.

Child Development
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Iconicitychild language developmentchild-directed speechonomatopoeiaword-learning

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