Wobbles, humps and sudden jumps: A case study of continuity, discontinuity and variability in early language development

Infant and Child Development

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 7-33

  Van Dijk, Marijn ^a   Van Geert, Paul ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Continuity; Discontinuity; Dynamic systems theory; Early language development; Intra individual variability; Microgenetic; Random sampling techniques

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847659749     PISSN: 15227227     EISSN: 15227219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/icd.506     Document Type: Article

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