The impact of emphatic stress on novel word learning by children with specific language impairment

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1444-1458

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Emphatic stress; Lexical learning; Limited capacity; Specific language impairment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; SCHOOL CHILD; STRESS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ACUITY; WORD RECOGNITION;

EID: 0031672213     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/jslhr.4106.1444     Document Type: Article

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