Mother and father language input to young children: Contributions to later language development

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 571-587

  Pancsofar, Nadya ^a   Vernon Feagans, Lynne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child care; Child language development; Father language input; Mother language input

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750856292     PISSN: 01933973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appdev.2006.08.003     Document Type: Article

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