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Features, contrasts and the FCH: some comments on Barrett's lexical development hypothesis*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 September 2008

Katherine Nelson
Katherine Nelson
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City University of New York
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Journal of Child Language , Volume 6 , Issue 1 , February 1979 , pp. 139 - 146
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Preparation of this paper was supported in part by NSF Grant BNS 77-01179. I am indebted to Janice Gruendel and John Dore for critical reading and discussion of the issues, although they should not be held accountable for the opinions expressed here, with which neither is necessarily in agreement. Address for correspondence: Program in Developmental Psychology, Graduate School and University Center, CUNY, 33 W. 42nd St., New York, N.Y. 10036.

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