Non-word repetition in Spanish-speaking children with Specific Language Impairment (SLI)

International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 59-75

  Girbau, Dolors ^a   Schwartz, Richard G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Non word repetition; Phonological Working Memory; Psycholinguistic abilities; Spanish speakers; Specific language impairment (SLI)

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHONETICS; SCHOOL CHILD; SPAIN; SPECIFIC LANGUAGE IMPAIRMENT; SPEECH; SPEECH DISORDER; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WORD RECOGNITION;

CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PHONETICS;

EID: 33847023500     PISSN: 13682822     EISSN: 14606984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13682820600783210     Document Type: Article

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