The development of discourse referencing in Cantonese-speaking children

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 633-660

  Wong, Anita M Y ^a,c   Johnston, Judith R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; ETHNOLOGY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LINGUISTICS; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; SEMANTICS; SPEECH; SPEECH ANALYSIS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LINGUISTICS; SEMANTICS; SPEECH; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 10444269410     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S030500090400604X     Document Type: Review

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