Spoken language in the early years: The cognitive and linguistic development of three-to five-year-old children from socio-economically deprived backgrounds

Educational and Child Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 68-79

  Locke, Ann ^a   Ginsborg, Jane ^a  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84859980867     PISSN: 02671611     EISSN: 23968702     Source Type: Book Series    
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