Predictors of morphosyntactic growth in typically developing toddlers: Contributions of parent input and child sex

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 549-566

  Hadley, Pamela A ^a   Rispoli, Matthew ^a   Fitzgerald, Colleen ^a   Bahnsen, Alison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquisition; Grammar; Input; Morphosyntax; Tense

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PARENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; CHILD LANGUAGE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PARENTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 79955601974     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2010/09-0216)     Document Type: Article

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