Conversational success in Williams syndrome: Communication in the face of cognitive and linguistic limitations

Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics

Volumn 20, Issue 7-8, 2006, Pages 583-590

  Tarling, Kate ^a   Perkins, Michael R ^b   Stojanovik, Vesna ^c  

^a Hull and East Riding Pharmacy Research Network   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compensatory strategy; Conversation analysis; Repair; Williams syndrome

Indexed keywords

CASE REPORT; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONVERSATION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE TEST; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PLANNING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; SCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH DISORDER; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMMUNICATION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING; WILLIAMS SYNDROME;

EID: 33750357169     PISSN: 02699206     EISSN: 14645076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699200500266547     Document Type: Conference Paper

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