Prelinguistic infants' communicative system: Role of caregiver social feedback

First Language

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 524-544

  Miller, Jennifer L ^a   Lossia, Amanda K ^a  

^a ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiver responses; Gesture; Gesture vocal; Prelinguistic; Vocalizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885639561     PISSN: 01427237     EISSN: 17402344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0142723713503147     Document Type: Article

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