Reciprocal influences between maternal language and children's language and cognitive development in low-income families

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 305-326

  Song, Lulu ^a   Spier, Elizabeth T ^b   Tamis Lemonda, Catherine S ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; POVERTY; VOCABULARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894415693     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: 14697602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305000912000700     Document Type: Article

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