Getting and maintaining attention in talk to young children

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 799-814

  Estigarribia, Bruno ^a   Clark, Eve V ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COOPERATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH;

ATTENTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; SPEECH;

EID: 35448987017     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: 14697602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305000907008161     Document Type: Article

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