The role of child-directed speech in language acquisition: A case study

Language Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 301-379

  Matychuk, Paul ^a  

^a ANDREWS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child language acquisition; Child directed speech; Language functions; Social interactionism

Indexed keywords

EID: 18144418536     PISSN: 03880001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.langsci.2004.04.004     Document Type: Article

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