Oral discourse in the preschool years and later literacy skills

First Language

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 123-147

  Griffin, Terri M ^a   Hemphill, Lowry ^b   Camp, Linda ^c   Wolf, Dennis Palmer ^d  

^a MANHATTANVILLE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b WHEELOCK COLLEGE   (United States)

^c ReadBoston ^*

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Language development; Literacy; Longitudinal study; Narrative

Indexed keywords

EID: 20444476055     PISSN: 01427237     EISSN: 17402344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0142723704042369     Document Type: Article

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