Individual differences in the influence of phonological characteristics on expressive vocabulary development by young children

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 439-459

  Maekawa, Junko ^a   Storkel, Holly L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PHONETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECORDING; SPEECH ANALYSIS;

CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PHONETICS; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; TAPE RECORDING; VERBAL LEARNING; VOCABULARY;

EID: 33749325806     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: 14697602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305000906007458     Document Type: Article

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