Complex syntax used by school-age children with specific language impairment (SLI) in child-adult conversation

Journal of Communication Disorders

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 517-533

  Marinellie, Sally A ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Language impairment; School age children; Syntax

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERSATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; SCHOOL; SPEECH; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPEECH DISORDERS;

EID: 4344576446     PISSN: 00219924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcomdis.2004.03.005     Document Type: Article

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