Phonological working memory in Spanish-English bilingual children with and without specific language impairment

Journal of Communication Disorders

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 124-145

  Girbau, Dolors ^a   Schwartz, Richard G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEARING; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; LEARNING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHONETICS; READING; SCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WORD RECOGNITION; WORKING MEMORY;

CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MULTILINGUALISM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHONETICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPAIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38149059728     PISSN: 00219924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcomdis.2007.07.001     Document Type: Article

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