Lexical diversity in the spontaneous speech of children with specific language impairment: Application of D

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 927-937

  Owen, Amanda J ^a   Leonard, Laurence B ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Language sample; Lexical diversity; Lexicon; Specific language impairment; Vocabulary

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LINGUISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; SPEECH ARTICULATION;

EID: 0036787627     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2002/075)     Document Type: Article

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