What toddlers talk about

First Language

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 91-106

  Hart, Betty ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Longitudinal study; MacArthur CDI; Noun development; Noun diversity; Parental input; Vocabulary size

Indexed keywords

EID: 19944418112     PISSN: 01427237     EISSN: 17402344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0142723704044634     Document Type: Article

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