Metalinguistic and pragmatic abilities of participants in adult literacy programs

Journal of Communication Disorders

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 37-49

  Byrne, Marie E ^a   Crowe, Thomas A ^a   Hale, Sue T ^a   Meek, Edwin E ^a   Epps, Denise ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY MOVEMENT; CONVERSATION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; GAZE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; READING; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WRITING;

EID: 0029919143     PISSN: 00219924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0021-9924(95)00025-9     Document Type: Article

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