Dynamic adaptation in child-adult language interaction

Language Learning

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 243-270

  van Dijk, Marijn ^a   van Geert, Paul ^a   Korecky Kröll, Katharina ^b   Maillochon, Isabelle ^c   Laaha, Sabine ^b   Dressler, Wolfgang U ^b   Bassano, Dominique ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Adaptation; CDS; Child language; Child directed speech; Dynamic systems; MLU; Scaffolding; Vocabulary

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884413449     PISSN: 00238333     EISSN: 14679922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/lang.12002     Document Type: Article

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