Middle- and Working-Class Black and White Children's Speech during a Picture-Labeling Task

Journal of Genetic Psychology

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 226-240

  Lawrence, Valerie Whittlesey ^a  

^a KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEMANTICS; SOCIAL CLASS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; SEMANTICS; SOCIAL CLASS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 0031158210     PISSN: 00221325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221329709596664     Document Type: Article

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