Dialect identification versus evaluation of risk in language screening

Seminars in Speech and Language

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 33-40

  Ciolli, Lois ^a   Seymour, Harry N ^b  

^a Harcourt Assessment Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrastive aspects of language; Degree of risk; Diagnostic risk status; Languange variation status; Noncontrastive aspects of language; Obligatory; Optional; Risk for disorder; Variation from mainstream

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LANGUAGE TEST; PERFORMANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SPEECH DISORDER; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 2342497256     PISSN: 07340478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-824824     Document Type: Article

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