Language input and acquisition in a Mayan village: How important is directed speech?

Developmental Science

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 659-673

  Shneidman, Laura A ^a   Goldin Meadow, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MEXICO; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SPEECH; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MEXICO; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SPEECH; UNITED STATES; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 84865571184     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2012.01168.x     Document Type: Article

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