Early vocabulary inventory for Mandarin Chinese

Behavior Research Methods

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 728-733

  Hao, Meiling ^a   Shu, Hua ^b   Xing, Ailing ^b   Li, Ping ^c,d,e  

^a BEIJING LANGUAGE AND CULTURE UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^e National Science Foundation ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ASIAN; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TEST; LINGUISTICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGE FACTORS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; LANGUAGE TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; VOCABULARY;

EID: 50849086384     PISSN: 1554351X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BRM.40.3.728     Document Type: Conference Paper

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