A Longitudinal Examination of the Transition to Symbolic Communication in the Second Year of Life

Infant and Child Development

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-26

  Camaioni, Luigia ^a   Aureli, Tiziana ^b   Bellagamba, Francesca ^a   Fogel, Alan ^c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Developmental transition; Longitudinal; Mother child frames; Multiple case study; Symbols

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037216081     PISSN: 15227227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/icd.333     Document Type: Article

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