Inference generation during discourse and its relation to social competence: An online investigation of abilities of children with and without language impairment

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 367-380

  Ford, Janet A ^a,b   Milosky, Linda M ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion; Inferencing; Language impairment; Social competence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPONSE TIME; SOCIAL COMPETENCE; TEACHER;

CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 44349117641     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2008/027)     Document Type: Article

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