Lexical learning by children with specific language impairment: Effects of linguistic input presented at varying speaking rates

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 177-190

  Weismer, Susan Ellis ^a   Hesketh, Linda J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Lexical learning; Limited processing capacity; Linguistic input; Speaking rate; Specific language impairment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PHONETICS; SCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH; WORD RECOGNITION;

CHILD; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; LEARNING; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; VOCABULARY;

EID: 0029936387     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/jshr.3901.177     Document Type: Article

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