The transition into ambient language: A longitudinal study of babbling and first word production of Italian children

First Language

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 47-66

  Majorano, Marinella ^a   D'Odorico, Laura ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

accentual pattern; babbling; first words; phonotactic characteristics; syllabic frequency

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952253189     PISSN: 01427237     EISSN: 17402344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0142723709359239     Document Type: Article

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