Preschoolers' communication during scripted interactions

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 469-493

  Short Meyerson, Katherine J ^a,b   Abbeduto, Leonard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH ANALYSIS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0031159062     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305000997003139     Document Type: Article

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