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Mind Over Grammar

Reasoning in Aphasia and Development

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Theory of Mind and Language in Developmental Contexts

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  1. Department of Psychology, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2TP, UK

    Michael Siegal

  2. Department of Human Communication Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TA, UK

    Rosemary Varley

  3. Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, V6T 1Z4

    Stephen C. Want

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Siegal, M., Varley, R., Want, S.C. (2006). Mind Over Grammar. In: Antonietti, A., Liverta-Sempio, O., Marchetti, A. (eds) Theory of Mind and Language in Developmental Contexts. The Springer Series on Human Exceptionality. Springer, Boston, MA . https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-24997-4_6

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