Measuring productive vocabulary of toddlers in low-income families: Concurrent and predictive validity of three sources of data

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 587-608

  Pan, Barbara Alexander ^a   Rowe, Meredith L ^b   Spier, Elizabeth ^c   Tamis Lemonda, Catherine ^c  

^a HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FAMILY; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPEECH ANALYSIS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY; HUMANS; INFANT; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; VOCABULARY;

EID: 10444239310     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305000904006270     Document Type: Review

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