Causal sentence production in children with language impairments

International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 155-186

  Donaldson, Morag L ^a,b   Reid, Jennifer ^c   Murray, Claire ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c NHS FIFE   (United Kingdom)

^d CITY OF EDINBURGH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Causal expressions; Children; Explanation; Language impairment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; LIFE EVENT; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEER GROUP; SEMANTIC MEMORY; SPEECH; SPEECH AND LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS;

EID: 33847201511     PISSN: 13682822     EISSN: 14606984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13682820600822281     Document Type: Article

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