Vocabulary abilities of children with Williams syndrome: Strengths, weaknesses, and relation to visuospatial construction ability

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 967-982

  Mervis, Carolyn B ^a   John, Angela E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Intellectual disability; Language acquisition; Visuospatial construction; Vocabulary; Williams syndrome

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLECT; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; VOCABULARY; WILLIAMS SYNDROME;

EID: 48749128243     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2008/071)     Document Type: Article

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