Culture, context, or behavioral control?: English- and Mandarin-speaking mothers' use of nouns and verbs in joint book reading

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 584-602

  Chan, Cheri C Y ^a   Brandone, Amanda C ^a   Tardif, Twila ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Joint book reading; Language acquisition; Nouns; Verbs

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349308519     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022109335184     Document Type: Article

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