Development of vocabulary and grammar in young German-speaking children assessed with a German language development inventory

First Language

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 259-280

  Szagun, Gisela ^a   Steinbrink, Claudia ^b   Franik, Melanie ^a   Stumper, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Critical mass effect; Diary studies; Growth curves; Individual differences; MacArthur CDI

Indexed keywords

EID: 36649030533     PISSN: 01427237     EISSN: 17402344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0142723706056475     Document Type: Article

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