Relations between lexical-temporal features in mothers' speech and infants' interactive behaviours

First Language

Volumn 16, Issue 46, 1996, Pages 041-059

  Brousseau, Lucie ^a   Malcuit, Gérard ^a   Pomerleau, Andrée ^a   Feider, Helga ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

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EID: 0010793884     PISSN: 01427237     EISSN: 17402344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014272379601604603     Document Type: Article

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