Vocabulary development in Greek children: A cross-linguistic comparison using the Language Development Survey

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 861-887

  Papaeliou, Christina F ^a   Rescorla, Leslie A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^b BRYN MAWR COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPREHENSION; GREECE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEMANTICS; SPEECH;

CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPREHENSION; GREECE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; SEMANTICS; SPEECH; VOCABULARY;

EID: 84856406091     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: 14697602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S030500091000053X     Document Type: Review

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