Parental speech to middle- and working-class children from two racial groups in three settings

Applied Psycholinguistics

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 233-255

  Lawrence, Valerie W ^a   Shipley, Elizabeth F ^b  

^a KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0030506364     PISSN: 01427164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0142716400007657     Document Type: Article

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