Literate language features in spoken narratives of children with typical language and children with language impairments

Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 114-125

  Greenhalgh, Kellie S ^a   Strong, Carol J ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Language assessment; Language impairment; Literate language; Narration

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035645618     PISSN: 01611461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/0161-1461(2001/010)     Document Type: Article

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