Intonation abilities of children with Williams syndrome: A preliminary investigation

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1606-1617

  Stojanovik, Vesna ^a   Setter, Jane ^a   Van Ewijk, Lizet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intonation; Language; Prosody; Williams syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TEST; MALE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WILLIAMS SYNDROME;

EID: 36749023293     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2007/108)     Document Type: Article

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