Parent-child picture-book reading, mothers' mental state language and children's theory of mind

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 673-686

  Adrian, Juan E ^a   Clemente, Rosa A ^a   Villanueva, Lidon ^a   Rieffe, Carolien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TEST; MALE; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRE; READING;

ADULT; AFFECT; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; READING;

EID: 27244443693     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305000905006963     Document Type: Article

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