Developmental changes and variability in the early lexicon: A study of French children's naturalistic productions

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 493-531

  Bassano, Dominique ^a   Maillochon, Isabelle ^b   Eme, Elsa ^b  

^a Lab Cogn et Developpement   (France)

^b NONE

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AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TIME; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; TIME FACTORS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VOCABULARY;

EID: 0032174492     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305000998003547     Document Type: Article

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