Children's printed word database: Continuities and changes over time in children's early reading vocabulary

British Journal of Psychology

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 221-242

  Masterson, Jackie ^a   Stuart, Morag ^a   Dixon, Maureen ^a   Lovejoy, Sophie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BOOK; CHILD; DATA BASE; HUMAN; INTERNET; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; PHONETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; READING; SEMANTICS; TEACHING; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES AS TOPIC; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERNET; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; PHONETICS; READING; SEMANTICS; TEACHING; TEXTBOOKS AS TOPIC; VERBAL LEARNING; VOCABULARY;

EID: 77952616718     PISSN: 20448295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000712608X371744     Document Type: Article

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