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The uses of imitation*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 September 2008

Catherine E. Snow
Catherine E. Snow
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Harvard University
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Journal of Child Language , Volume 8 , Issue 1 , February 1981 , pp. 205 - 212
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1981

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The author is grateful to Elena Lieven for providing data which established reliability of the coding scheme used, and for participating in numerous discussions of imitation and related topics. Address for correspondence: Harvard Graduate School of Education, Larsen Hall, Appian Way, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.

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