Production of temporal terms by 3-, 4-, and 5-year-old children

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 87-95

  Busby Grant, Janie ^a   Suddendorf, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Child development; Cognitive development; Language; Preschoolers; Time

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649638778     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2010.05.002     Document Type: Article

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