Language performance in chronic schizophrenia: A pragmatic approach

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 695-713

  Meilijson, Sara R ^a   Kasher, Asa ^b   Elizur, Avner ^b  

^a Hadassah Academic College   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Language; Pragmatics; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LANGUAGE TEST; MALE; MOTIVATION; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PRAGMATIC PROTOCOL; PRAGMATISM; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SPEECH ARTICULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; THINKING; VOCALIZATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; BRAIN INJURIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 3142655273     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2004/053)     Document Type: Article

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