Parental input and connective acquisition: A growth curve analysis

First Language

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 266-288

  Van Veen, Rosie ^a,b   Evers Vermeul, Jacqueline ^a   Sanders, Ted ^a   Van Den Bergh, Huub ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Connectives; First language acquisition; Frequency effects; Growth curve analysis; Parental input

Indexed keywords

EID: 67749147458     PISSN: 01427237     EISSN: 17402344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0142723708101679     Document Type: Article

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