The relation between pointing and language development: A meta-analysis

Developmental Review

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 352-366

  Colonnesi, Cristina ^a   Stams, Geert Jan J M ^a   Koster, Irene ^a   Noom, Marc J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Communication; Declarative; Imperative; Joint attention; Language; Pointing

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953027547     PISSN: 02732297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dr.2010.10.001     Document Type: Review

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