On-line processing of wh-questions in children with G-SLI and typically developing children

International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 557-582

  Marinis, Theodoros ^a,b   Van Der Lely, Heather K J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

On line processing; SLI; Wh Questions

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; COMPENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAMMAR; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LINGUISTICS; MEMORY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); ONLINE MONITORING; SCHOOL CHILD; SEMANTICS; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 34548321338     PISSN: 13682822     EISSN: 14606984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13682820601058190     Document Type: Article

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