Sentence repetition as a measure of early grammatical development in Italian

International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 187-208

  Devescovi, Antonella ^a   Caselli, M Cristina ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF COGNITIVE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Early language assessment; Grammatical development; Sentence repetition

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GRAMMAR; HUMAN; ITALY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH ARTICULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; VERBAL MEMORY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TESTS; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MEMORY; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33847240929     PISSN: 13682822     EISSN: 14606984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13682820601030686     Document Type: Article

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