Generic noun phrases in mother-child conversations

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 19-33

  Pappas, Athina ^b   Gelman, Susan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VOCABULARY;

EID: 0031996088     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305000997003292     Document Type: Article

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