The Dimensionality of Language Ability in Young Children

Child Development

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1948-1965

  Justice, Laura M ^a   Lomax, Richard ^a   O'Connell, Ann ^a   Pentimonti, Jill ^a   Petrill, Stephen A ^a   Piasta, Shayne B ^a   Gray, Shelley ^b   Restrepo, Maria Adelaida ^b   Cain, Kate ^c   Catts, Hugh ^d   Bridges, Mindy ^d   Nielsen, Diane ^d   Hogan, Tiffany ^e   Bovaird, Jim ^e   Ron Nelson, J ^e  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

APTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE;

EID: 84945250176     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12450     Document Type: Article

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