Cognitive approach to assessing pragmatic language comprehension in children with specific language impairment

International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 427-447

  Ryder, Nuala ^a   Leinonen, Eeva ^a   Schulz, Joerg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Cognition; Inference; Language impairment; Pragmatic comprehension

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; SEMANTIC MEMORY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

CHILD; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 46349103127     PISSN: 13682822     EISSN: 14606984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13682820701633207     Document Type: Article

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