Ties between the lexicon and grammar: Cross-sectional and longitudinal studies of bilingual toddlers

Child Development

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 712-735

  Conboy, Barbara T ^a,b   Thal, Donna J ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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APTITUDE; ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TEST; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; READING; REFERENCE VALUE; SEMANTICS; UNITED STATES; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

APTITUDE; CALIFORNIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TESTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MULTILINGUALISM; READING; REFERENCE VALUES; SEMANTICS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL LEARNING; VOCABULARY;

EID: 33646696621     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2006.00899.x     Document Type: Article

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