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Active since
1972
Affiliations
Smith College(Current)
Harvard University Press
Harvard University
University of Massachusetts Amherst
University of Oxford
Peter A. de Villiers is an author at Smith College specializing in language studies, social sciences, and psycholinguistics.
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LanguageSocial SciencesPsycholinguisticsLinguisticsCognitive ScienceLanguage AcquisitionPsychologyChild LanguageLanguage DevelopmentHealth
Publications per year
1972–2014
A cross-sectional study of the acquisition of grammatical morphemes in child speech
Jill G. de Villiers, Peter A. de Villiers · Journal of Psycholinguistic Research · 1973 · 577 citations
Syntax, Speech Development, Child Language +13
Linguistic determinism and the understanding of false beliefs.
Jill G. de Villiers, Peter A. de Villiers · 2000 · 348 citations
Radical Proposition, Language Development, Psycholinguistics +19
Toward a law of response strength.
Peter A. de Villiers, R. J. Herrnstein · Psychological Bulletin · 1976 · 273 citations
Behavioral Sciences, Behavioral Measurement, Response Strength +6
The Role of Language in Theory of Mind Development
Jill G. de Villiers, Peter A. de Villiers · Topics in Language Disorders · 2014 · 229 citations
Language Development, Atypical Language Development, Psycholinguistics +20
Development of the use of word order in comprehension
Jill G. de Villiers, Peter A. de Villiers · Journal of Psycholinguistic Research · 1973 · 159 citations
Cognitive Linguistics, Syntax, Second Language Acquisition +10
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