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Imitation in language development: If, when, and why
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- Authors
- Bloom, L., Hood, L., & Lightbown, P.
- Venue
- Cognitive Psychology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1974-07
- Volume
- 6
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 380-420
- ISSN
- 0010-0285 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2061626640
- Cited by
- 358
- References
- 24
- FWCI
- 14.79
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
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