An examination of fast mapping skills in preschool children from families with low socioeconomic status

Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 845-862

  Spencer, Elizabeth J ^a   Schuele, C Melanie ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Language development; Vocabulary; Word learning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TEST; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEMANTICS; SOCIAL CLASS; STANDARD;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEMANTICS; SOCIAL CLASS; VERBAL LEARNING; VOCABULARY;

EID: 84866094351     PISSN: 02699206     EISSN: 14645076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02699206.2012.705215     Document Type: Article

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