Word learning in a special population: Do individuals with Williams syndrome obey lexical constraints?

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 737-765

  Stevens, Tassos ^a   Karmiloff Smith, Annette ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LANGUAGE TEST; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; VERBAL LEARNING; VOCABULARY; WILLIAMS SYNDROME;

EID: 0031241289     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305000997003279     Document Type: Article

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