Measuring variability in early child language: Don't shoot the messenger

Child Development

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 323-328

  Fenson, Larry ^a   Bates, Elizabeth ^b   Dale, Philip ^c   Goodman, Judith ^c   Reznick, J Steven ^d   Thal, Donna ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 0034150105     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8624.00147     Document Type: Article

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