What's in a name? Coming to terms with the child's linguistic environment

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 677-686

  Saxton, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; LINGUISTICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VERBAL LEARNING; VOCABULARY;

EID: 46349088803     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: 14697602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305000907008562     Document Type: Review

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