The effect of children’s gender and parental education on toddler language development

European Early Childhood Education Research Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 325-342

  Umek, Ljubica Marjanovič ^a   Fekonja, Urška ^a   Kranjc, Simona ^a   Bajc, Katja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

child gender; language competence; parental education; toddler developmental period

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953155842     PISSN: 1350293X     EISSN: 17521807     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13502930802292056     Document Type: Article

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