Divergence of verbal expression and embodied knowledge: Evidence from speech and gesture in children with specific language impairment

Language and Cognitive Processes

Volumn 16, Issue 2-3, 2001, Pages 309-331

  Evans, Julia L ^a,b   Alibali, Martha W ^a   McNeil, Nicole M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTURE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0035016054     PISSN: 01690965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01690960042000049     Document Type: Article

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