Facilitating the acquisition of under by means of in and on - A training study in Polish

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-69

  Rohlfing, Katharina J ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TEST; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; SPEECH THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; SPEECH THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERBAL LEARNING; VOCABULARY;

EID: 33344467118     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: 14697602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305000905007257     Document Type: Review

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