Changes in frame of reference use across the preschool years: A longitudinal study of the gestures and speech produced during route descriptions

Language and Cognitive Processes

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 218-238

  Sekine, Kazuki ^a  

^a Shirayuri University   (Japan)

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ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; LINGUISTICS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH DEVELOPMENT; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 59149084413     PISSN: 01690965     EISSN: 14640732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01690960801941327     Document Type: Article

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