Predicting Spanish-English bilingual children's language abilities

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1251-1264

  Hammer, Carol Scheffner ^a   Komaroff, Eugene ^a   Rodriguez, Barbara L ^b   Lopez, Lisa M ^c   Scarpino, Shelley E ^a,d   Goldstein, Brian ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d RICHARD STOCKTON COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilingualism; Children; Cultural and linguistic diversity; Language development; Sociolinguistics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TEST; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PARENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECALL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MULTILINGUALISM; PARENTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 84861918149     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2012/11-0016)     Document Type: Article

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