Spanish diminutives in mother-child conversations

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 281-304

  Melzi, Gigliana ^a,b   King, Kendall A ^c  

^a Department of Applied Psychology ^*  (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; SPEECH;

ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; SPEECH;

EID: 0037865700     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305000903005567     Document Type: Review

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