Infants' prelinguistic communicative acts and maternal responses: Relations to linguistic development

First Language

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 72-90

  Wu, Zhen ^a   Gros Louis, Julie ^a  

^a E11 SSH   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; language development; maternal responses; MCDI; prelinguistic

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893726042     PISSN: 01427237     EISSN: 17402344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0142723714521925     Document Type: Article

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