The Relative Effects of Questions and Comments on Children's Stuttering

American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 79-89

  Wilkenfeld, Joyce R ^a,b   Curlee, Richard F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult child interactions; Length of utterance; Pragmatic effects; Questions comments effects; Stuttering

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031479883     PISSN: 10580360     EISSN: 15589110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1058-0360.0603.79     Document Type: Article

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