Do parents lead their children by the hand?

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 481-505

  Özçalişkan, Şeyda ^a   Goldin Meadow, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; FEMALE; GESTURE; HAND; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PARENT; PHYSIOLOGY; VIDEORECORDING;

AGE FACTORS; CAREGIVERS; CHILD LANGUAGE; FEMALE; GESTURES; HAND; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PARENTS; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 27244447394     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: 14697602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305000905007002     Document Type: Article

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