Differences between girls and boys in emerging language skills: Evidence from 10 language communities

British Journal of Developmental Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 326-343

  Eriksson, Mårten ^a   Marschik, Peter B ^b   Tulviste, Tiia ^c   Almgren, Margareta ^d   Pérez Pereira, Miguel ^e   Wehberg, Sonja ^f   Marjanovič Umek, Ljubica ^g   Gayraud, Frederique ^h   Kovacevic, Melita ⁱ   Gallego, Carlos ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^h UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^j UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; EUROPE; FEMALE; GESTURE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; COMPREHENSION; EUROPE; FEMALE; GESTURES; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; SEX FACTORS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 84860520352     PISSN: 0261510X     EISSN: 2044835X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-835X.2011.02042.x     Document Type: Article

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