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Developmental inventories using illiterate parents as informants: Communicative Development Inventory (CDI) adaptation for two Kenyan languages

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Developmental inventories using illiterate parents as informants: Communicative Development Inventory (CDI) adaptation for two Kenyan languages. / Alcock, Katie; Rimba, K.; Holding, P. et al.
In: Journal of Child Language, Vol. 42, No. 4, 07.2015, p. 763-785.

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Alcock K, Rimba K, Holding P, Kitsao-Wekulo P, Abubakar A, Newton CRJC. Developmental inventories using illiterate parents as informants: Communicative Development Inventory (CDI) adaptation for two Kenyan languages. Journal of Child Language. 2015 Jul;42(4):763-785. Epub 2014 Aug 27. doi: 10.1017/S0305000914000403

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