Language and social cognition in children with specific language impairment

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 627-636

  Farmer, Marion ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Language; Social behaviour; Social cognition; Specific language impairment; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THEORY; THINKING;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; EDUCATION, SPECIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MAINSTREAMING (EDUCATION); MALE; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0033929116     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021963099005788     Document Type: Article

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