Balanced communication in mid-infancy promotes early vocabulary development: Effects of play with mother and father in mono- and bilingual families

International Journal of Bilingualism

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 535-559

  Lundén, Maija ^a   Silvén, Maarit ^b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

bilingual; co regulated communication; cross cultural; family level; father infant dyads; longitudinal; monolingual; mother infant dyads; vocabulary

Indexed keywords

EID: 82955243789     PISSN: 13670069     EISSN: 17566878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367006911425816     Document Type: Article

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