A longitudinal investigation of the role of quantity and quality of child-directed speech vocabulary development

Child Development

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1762-1774

  Rowe, Meredith L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; EDUCATION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PARENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPEECH;

CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PARENTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPEECH; VOCABULARY;

EID: 84866145060     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2012.01805.x     Document Type: Article

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