Assessing the Microstructure of Written Language Using a Retelling Paradigm

American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 107-120

  Puranik, Cynthia S ^a,b   Lombardino, Linda J ^a   Altmann, Lori J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Expository writing; Microstructural elements of writing; School age language; Writing; Writing assessment; Writing development

Indexed keywords

EID: 44449173531     PISSN: 10580360     EISSN: 15589110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1058-0360(2008/012)     Document Type: Article

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