How grammatical are 3-year-olds?

Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 36-52

  Eisenberg, Sarita L ^a   Guo, Ling Yu ^b   Germezia, Mor ^a  

^a MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Language sample analysis; Normal language development; Preschool children

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TEST; LINGUISTICS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TESTS; LINGUISTICS; MALE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84855400849     PISSN: 01611461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/0161-1461(2011/10-0093)     Document Type: Article

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