Speaking out for language: Why language is central to reading development

Educational Researcher

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 305-310

  Dickinson, David K ^a   Golinkoff, Roberta M ^b   Hirsh Pasek, Kathy ^c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Early childhood; Language processes; Literacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954743185     PISSN: 0013189X     EISSN: 1935102X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0013189X10370204     Document Type: Article

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