Speech development patterns and phonological awareness in preschool children

Annals of Dyslexia

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 51-74

  Mann, Virginia A ^a   Foy, Judith G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Early literacy; Phoneme awareness; Phonological awareness; Rhyme awareness; Speech production

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LANGUAGE TEST; MALE; PHONETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPEECH; SPEECH DISORDER; SPEECH PERCEPTION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ARTICULATION DISORDERS; AWARENESS; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; PHONETICS; SPEECH; SPEECH DISORDERS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 34447633968     PISSN: 07369387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11881-007-0002-1     Document Type: Article

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