Visual and verbal metaphors among children with typical language and language disorders

Journal of Communication Disorders

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 25-35

  Highnam, Clifford ^a   Wegmann, Joyce ^b   Woods, Jason ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

^b Great River AEA   (United States)

^c Novacare   (United States)

Author keywords

Delayed language acquisition; Verbal metaphors; Visual metaphors

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ARTICLE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LITERATURE; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL MEMORY;

EID: 0032960664     PISSN: 00219924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9924(98)00027-6     Document Type: Article

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