Semantic development and communicative skills in different social classesFootnote∗

This study was supported by the Chief Scientist's Section of the Israeli Ministry of Education. No official endorsement of the opinions expressed should be inferred. I thank David Navon for his valuable help in various stages of this study, Yael Bouch and Ariela Bahalul for their help in collecting the data, Micha Razel, Alan Lesgold, Charles Perfetti, Richard Omanson, and Deborah McCutcheon for their helpful comments.

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