SES differences in language processing skill and vocabulary are evident at 18 months

Developmental Science

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 234-248

  Fernald, Anne ^a   Marchman, Virginia A ^a   Weisleder, Adriana ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL CLASS; TIME;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; MALE; POVERTY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL CLASS; TIME FACTORS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 84874195108     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/desc.12019     Document Type: Article

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