Vocabulary development in Italian children: A longitudinal evaluation of quantitative and qualitative aspects

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 351-372

  D'Odorico, Laura ^a   Carubbi, Stefania ^b   Salerni, Nicoletta ^b   Calvo, Vincenzo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE; MALE; VOCABULARY;

EID: 0035374937     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305000901004676     Document Type: Article

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