Child-directed speech: Relation to socioeconomic status, knowledge of child development and child vocabulary skill

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 185-205

  Rowe, Meredith L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPEECH;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPEECH; VOCABULARY;

EID: 37849008800     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: 14697602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305000907008343     Document Type: Article

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