The Early Language in Victoria Study: Predicting vocabulary at age one and two years from gesture and object use

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 687-701

  Bavin, E L ^a   Prior, M ^b   Reilly, S ^b   Bretherton, L ^c   Williams, J ^c   Eadie, P ^c   Barrett, Y ^c   Ukoumunne, O C ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GESTURE; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPEECH ANALYSIS;

CHILD LANGUAGE; GESTURES; HUMANS; INFANT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; VERBAL LEARNING; VOCABULARY;

EID: 46349105482     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: 14697602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305000908008726     Document Type: Article

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