The discriminant accuracy of a grammatical measure with latino english-speaking children

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 968-981

  Gutiérrez Clellen, Vera F ^a   Simon Cereijido, Gabriela ^a,b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Discriminant accuracy; English speaking bilingual children; Language impairment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; GRAMMAR; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUERTO RICO; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SPEECH; TASK PERFORMANCE; LANGUAGE TEST; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; STUDENT; VALIDATION STUDY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MULTILINGUALISM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STUDENTS;

EID: 34548575379     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2007/068)     Document Type: Article

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