Individual differences in the prevalence of words and gestures in the second year of life: Developmental trends in Italian children

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 847-859

  Longobardi, Emiddia ^a   Rossi Arnaud, Clelia ^a   Spataro, Pietro ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Early communication; Gesture; Language development; Parent report; Vocabulary; Word learning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMMUNICATION SKILL; FEMALE; GESTURE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VERBALIZATION;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD LANGUAGE; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; GESTURES; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INFANT; ITALY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; VOCABULARY;

EID: 84866101711     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2012.07.024     Document Type: Article

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