Semantic Features in Fast-Mapping: Performance of Preschoolers with Specific Language Impairment Versus Preschoolers with Normal Language

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 407-420

  Alt, Mary ^a   Plante, Elena ^a   Creusere, Marlena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Receptive language; Semantics; Specific language impairment (SLI); Word learning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SEMANTICS; SPEECH ARTICULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MALE; SEMANTICS; VERBAL LEARNING; VOCABULARY;

EID: 2142654945     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2004/033)     Document Type: Article

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