Communicative abilities in children: An assessment through different phenomena and expressive means

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 741-778

  Bosco, Francesca M ^a   Angeleri, Romina ^a   Colle, Livia ^a   Sacco, Katiuscia ^a,b   Bara, Bruno G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b CCS fMRI Neuroradiology at Koelliker Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPEECH;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; MALE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPEECH;

EID: 84881165937     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: 14697602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305000913000081     Document Type: Article

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