The Association between Language and Symbolic Play at Two Years: Evidence from Deaf Toddlers

Child Development

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 867-876

  Spencer, Patricia Elizabeth ^a  

^a GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECREATION; SIGN LANGUAGE; SYMBOLISM; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEAFNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; SIGN LANGUAGE; SYMBOLISM; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VOCABULARY;

EID: 0030170796     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.1996.tb01769.x     Document Type: Article

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