Qualitative aspects of productive vocabulary at the 200-and 500-word stages: A comparison between spontaneous speech and parental report data

First Language

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 75-87

  Salerni, Nicoletta ^a   Assanelli, Alessandra ^a   D'Odorico, Laura ^a   Rossi, Germano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Language checklist; Lexicon composition; Methodological comparison; Spontaneous speech; Vocabulary development

Indexed keywords

EID: 39049099406     PISSN: 01427237     EISSN: 17402344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0142723707067545     Document Type: Article

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