Syntactic complexity, fluency, and accuracy of sentence imitation in adolescents

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 95-106

  Silverman, Stacy W ^a   Bernstein Ratner, Nan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Fluency; Language; Stuttering; Syntax

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STUTTERING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TECHNIQUE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0009183013     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/jslhr.4001.95     Document Type: Article

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