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Does Evidentiality Support Source Monitoring and False Belief Understanding?: A cross-linguistic study with Turkish- and English-speaking children

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Does Evidentiality Support Source Monitoring and False Belief Understanding? A cross-linguistic study with Turkish- and English-speaking children. / Kandemirci, Birsu; Theakston, Anna; Boeg Thomsen, Ditte et al.
In: Child Development, Vol. 94, No. 4, 31.07.2023, p. 889-904.

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Kandemirci, B, Theakston, A, Boeg Thomsen, D & Brandt, S 2023, 'Does Evidentiality Support Source Monitoring and False Belief Understanding? A cross-linguistic study with Turkish- and English-speaking children', Child Development, vol. 94, no. 4, pp. 889-904. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13905

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Kandemirci, B., Theakston, A., Boeg Thomsen, D., & Brandt, S. (2023). Does Evidentiality Support Source Monitoring and False Belief Understanding? A cross-linguistic study with Turkish- and English-speaking children. Child Development, 94(4), 889-904. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13905

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Kandemirci B, Theakston A, Boeg Thomsen D, Brandt S. Does Evidentiality Support Source Monitoring and False Belief Understanding? A cross-linguistic study with Turkish- and English-speaking children. Child Development. 2023 Jul 31;94(4):889-904. Epub 2023 Mar 7. doi: 10.1111/cdev.13905

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Kandemirci, Birsu ; Theakston, Anna ; Boeg Thomsen, Ditte et al. / Does Evidentiality Support Source Monitoring and False Belief Understanding? A cross-linguistic study with Turkish- and English-speaking children. In: Child Development. 2023 ; Vol. 94, No. 4. pp. 889-904.

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