Language delays of impoverished preschool children in relation to early academic and emotion recognition skills

First Language

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 164-194

  Nelson, Keith E ^a   Welsh, Janet A ^a   Trup, Elisabeth M Vance ^a   Greenberg, Mark T ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

language delay; language teaching; poverty; preschool; school readiness

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958263201     PISSN: 01427237     EISSN: 17402344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0142723710391887     Document Type: Article

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