A Prosodically Controlled Word and Nonword Repetition Task for 2- to 4-Year-Olds: Evidence from Typically Developing Children

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 223-234

  Roy, Penny ^a   Chiat, Shula ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Language assessment; Nonword repetition; Preschool children; Prosodic structure; Word repetition

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SKILL; SPEECH; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; PHONETICS; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 1542723180     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2004/019)     Document Type: Article

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