Subject-verb agreement and phonological processing in developmental dyslexia and specific language impairment (SLI): A closer look

International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 293-305

  Rispens, Judith ^a   Been, Pieter ^b  

^a PI Research Ltd   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Developmental dyslexia; Grammatical impairment; Phonological processing; Specific language impairment (SLI)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DYSLEXIA; ERROR; FEMALE; GRAMMAR; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; PHONEME; PHONETICS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SKILL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ARTICULATION DISORDERS; CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COGNITION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; PHONETICS; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS;

EID: 34249000357     PISSN: 13682822     EISSN: 14606984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13682820600988777     Document Type: Article

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