Characteristics of maternal verbal style: Responsiveness and directiveness in two natural contexts

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 519-543

  Flynn, Valerie ^a   Masur, Elise Frank ^b  

^a AURORA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 34547153695     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: 14697602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S030500090700801X     Document Type: Article

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