Observational and checklist measures of vocabulary composition: What do they mean?

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 573-589

  Pine, Julian M ^a   Lieven, Elena V M ^a   Rowland, Caroline ^a  

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EID: 0039270670     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0305000900008953     Document Type: Article

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