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Early motor development is part of the resource mix for language acquisition – a commentary on Iverson's ‘Developing language in a developing body: the relationship between motor development and language development’*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2010

CATHERINE L. TAYLOR
CATHERINE L. TAYLOR*
Affiliation:
Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Centre for Developmental Health, Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, Population Sciences Division
*
Address for correspondence: Catherine Louise Taylor, Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, PO Box 855, West Perth, Western Australia 6872. tel. 61+8+94897740; fax: 61+8+94897700; email: katet@ichr.uwa.edu.au
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Journal of Child Language , Volume 37 , Issue 2 , March 2010 , pp. 281 - 285
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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The preparation of this paper was supported by National Institutes of Health funding, 2R01DC05226.

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