A comparison of the transition from first words to grammar in English and Italian

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 69-111

  Caselli, Cristina ^a   Casadio, Paola ^b   Bates, Elizabeth ^c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b S Lucia Neurol Clin and Res Ctr   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MULTILINGUALISM; VOCABULARY;

EID: 0033238042     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305000998003687     Document Type: Article

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