Language and Children's Understanding of Mental States

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• Publication year

  2005

• Venue

  Current Directions in Psychological Science

• Publication date

  2005-04-01

• Fields of study

  Linguistics, Education, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1111/j.0963-7214.2005.00337.x
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