Music and language development in early childhood: Integrating past research in the two domains

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 85-97

  Chen Hafteck, Lily ^a  

^a ASME   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Early childhood; Music and language development

Indexed keywords

EID: 3943113935     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0300443971300109     Document Type: Article

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