Effects of age and education on the lexico-semantic content of connected speech in adults

Journal of Communication Disorders

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 53-71

  Le Dorze, Guylaine ^a   Bédard, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age; Connected speech; Education; Lexico semantics; Normal aging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; APHASIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY TEST; SEMANTICS; SPEECH; VERBAL MEMORY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEMANTICS; SPEECH; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; VOCABULARY;

EID: 0344073989     PISSN: 00219924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9924(97)00051-8     Document Type: Article

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