The emergence of grammar in very-low-birth-weight Finnish children at two years of age

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 336-357

  Stolt, Suvi ^a   Matomäki, Jaakko ^a   Haataja, Leena ^a   Lapinleimu, Helena ^a   Lehtonen, Liisa ^a  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL LANGUAGE DISORDER; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; INFANT; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFERENCE VALUE; SEMANTICS; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SEMANTICS; VERBAL LEARNING; VOCABULARY;

EID: 84859737158     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: 14697602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305000911000456     Document Type: Article

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