Negative input for grammatical errors: Effects after a lag of 12 weeks

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 643-672

  Saxton, Matthew ^a   Backley, Phillip ^b   Gallaway, Clare ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPEECH ANALYSIS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; AFFECT; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 27244443692     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305000905006999     Document Type: Article

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