Parent-child conversations during play

First Language

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 413-438

  Tamis LeMonda, Catherine S ^a   Baumwell, Lisa ^a   Cristofaro, Tonia ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University Settlement   (United States)

Author keywords

Fathers' language; language development; mother language; parent child interactions; parent child play

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868290336     PISSN: 01427237     EISSN: 17402344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0142723711419321     Document Type: Article

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