A comparison of characteristics of early communication exchanges in mother-preterm and mother-full-term infant dyads

First Language

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 329-346

  Salerni, Nicoletta ^a   Suttora, Chiara ^a   D'Odorico, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Child directed speech; Language development; Mother infant interaction; Premature birth; Turn taking skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249158560     PISSN: 01427237     EISSN: 17402344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0142723707081654     Document Type: Article

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