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Against the transformationalist account: a simpler analysis of auxiliary overmarkings*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 September 2008

Michael Maratsos
Affiliation:
University of Minnesota
Stanley A. Kuczaj II
Affiliation:
Southern Methodist University

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1978

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Footnotes

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Work on this paper was partly supported by grant HD 09112-02 to the first author and NIH grant 5 TO1 MH 06668 to the second author. Some of the data cited in the paper comes from analyses of longitudinal data collected by Professor Roger Brown and his associates. The authors gratefully acknowledge their appreciation for his permission in this matter. First author's address: Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455.

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