The Development of Internal State Language during the Third Year of Life: A Longitudinal Parent Report Study

Infant and Child Development

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 634-645

  Kristen, Susanne ^a   Sodian, Beate ^a   Licata, Maria ^a   Thoermer, Claudia ^a   Poulin Dubois, Diane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

Internal state vocabulary; Language development; Longitudinal research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869092267     PISSN: 15227227     EISSN: 15227219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/icd.1767     Document Type: Article

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