The relevance of education and age in the assessment of discourse comprehension

Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 151-161

  Mackenzie, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comprehension; Discourse; Education; Elderly

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE TEST; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0033959359     PISSN: 02699206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/026992000298887     Document Type: Article

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