Caregiver input in English and Korean: Use of nouns and verbs in book-reading and toy-play contexts

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 69-96

  Choi, Soonja ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE; MALE; RECREATION;

CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE; MALE; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS;

EID: 0034132781     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305000999004018     Document Type: Article

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