Nonword repetition and sentence repetition as clinical markers of specific language impairment: The case of cantonese

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 219-236

  Stokes, Stephanie F ^a,e   Wong, Anita M Y ^b   Fletcher, Paul ^c   Leonard, Laurence B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Language disorders

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NONWORD REPETITION; PEER GROUP; PHONETICS; SCORING SYSTEM; SENTENCE REPETITION; SPEECH RATE; WORKING MEMORY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REPRODUCIBILITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LINGUISTICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VOCABULARY;

EID: 33747852979     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2006/019)     Document Type: Article

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