Sources of variability in children's language growth

Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 343-365

  Huttenlocher, Janellen ^a   Waterfall, Heidi ^b   Vasilyeva, Marina ^c   Vevea, Jack ^d   Hedges, Larry V ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiver speech; Child language; Environmental effects

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH;

CAREGIVERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRITICAL PERIOD (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; SPEECH; VOCABULARY;

EID: 78149465235     PISSN: 00100285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogpsych.2010.08.002     Document Type: Article

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