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Relationships between symbolic play, functional play, verbal and non-verbal ability in young children

Vicky Lewis, Jill Boucher, Laura Lupton, Samantha Watson School of Education, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK; Department of Human Communication, University of SheYeld, SheYeld, UK; Department of Psychology, University of Warwick, Warwick, UKCorrespondencee-mail: [email protected]
Pages 117-127 | Published online: 03 Jul 2009

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