A study of idiom comprehension in children with semantic-pragmatic difficulties. Part I: Task effects on the assessment of idiom comprehension in children

International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-22

  Kerbel, Debra ^a,b   De Montfort, Pam Grunwell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Idiom comprehension; Language disorders; Semantic pragmatic difficulties

Indexed keywords

APTITUDE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PLAY; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIDEORECORDING;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0031933932     PISSN: 13682822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/136828298247901     Document Type: Article

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