The acquisition of early verbs in French: Assessing the role of conversation and of child-directed speech

First Language

Volumn 30, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 287-311

  Veneziano, Edy ^a   Parisse, Christophe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

Author keywords

child directed speech; conversation; early verbs; French acquisition; mother child interaction; single form period; verb morphology

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650448011     PISSN: 01427237     EISSN: 17402344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0142723710379785     Document Type: Article

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