Object and action picture naming in three- and five-year-old children

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 373-402

  Masterson, Jackie ^a   Druks, Judit ^b   Gallienne, Donna ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VISION;

CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL LEARNING; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 42549112559     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: 14697602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305000907008549     Document Type: Article

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