Longitudinal measurement of growth in definitional skill

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 603-625

  Kurland, Brenda F ^a   Snow, Catherine E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TEST; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TESTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE;

EID: 0031241763     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305000997003243     Document Type: Article

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