Gender in discourse behaviour in parent-child dyads: A literature review

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 481-493

  Lanvers, Ursula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child directed speech; Gender socialization; Gendered speech

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; META ANALYSIS; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX ROLE; SOCIALIZATION; SPEECH DEVELOPMENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEX FACTORS; SPEECH;

EID: 4544316783     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2004.00443.x     Document Type: Article

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