Effects of language intervention on syntactic skill levels in preschoolers

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 164-174

  Vasilyeva, Marina ^a   Huttenlocher, Janellen ^b   Waterfall, Heidi ^b  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Intervention; Language development; Passive voice; Syntactic skills

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH THERAPY;

CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE THERAPY; LINGUISTICS; MALE;

EID: 31644432013     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.42.1.164     Document Type: Article

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