Lexical representations in children with SLI: Evidence from a frequency-manipulated gating task

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 381-393

  Mainela Arnold, Elina ^a   Evans, Julia L ^b   Coady, Jeffry A ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lexical representation; Neighborhood density; SLI; Word frequency

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; PEER GROUP; PHONETICS; PREDICTION; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; CHILD; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; PHONETICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VOCABULARY;

EID: 45249085423     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2008/028)     Document Type: Article

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