Size and composition of the lexicon in prematurely born very-low-birth-weight and full-term Finnish children at two years of age

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 283-310

  Stolt, Suvi ^a,c   Klippi, Anu ^a   Launonen, Kaisa ^a   Munck, Petriina ^b   Lehtonen, Liisa ^b   Lapinleimu, Helena ^b   Haataja, Leena ^b   Ekblad, Satu ^b   Ekholm, Eeva ^b   Kero, Pentti ^b   Kirjavainen, Jarkko ^b   Korja, Riikka ^b   Kujari, Harry ^b   Manninen, Hanna ^b   Matomäki, Jaakko ^b   Maunu, Jonna ^b   Niemi, Pekka ^b   Paasonen, Ville ^b   Palo, Pertti ^b   Parkkkola, Riitta ^b   Piha, Jorma ^b   Pihlgren, Annika ^b   Rautava, Liisi ^b   Rautava, Päivi ^b   Reiman, Milla ^b   Rikalainen, Hellevi ^b   Saarinen, Katriina ^b   Savonlahti, Elina ^b   Sillanpää, Matti ^b   Tuomikoski Koiranen, Päivi ^b   Äärimaa, Tuula ^b   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c Turku University Central Hospital ^*  (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; MALE; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VOCABULARY;

EID: 34247547994     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: 14697602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305000906007902     Document Type: Article

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