Ability of children with language impairment to understand emotion conveyed by prosody in a narrative passage

International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 330-345

  Fujiki, Martin ^a   Spackman, Matthew P ^a   Brinton, Bonnie ^a   Illig, Tori ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion understanding; Language impairment; Prosody; Social competence; Specific language impairment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NARRATIVE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MALE; PHONETICS; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 43249090523     PISSN: 13682822     EISSN: 14606984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13682820701507377     Document Type: Article

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