Children with cerebral palsy, spina bifida and pragmatic language impairment: Differences and similarities in pragmatic ability

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 942-951

  Holck, Pernille ^a   Nettelbladt, Ulrika ^a   Sandberg, Annika Dahlgren ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cognitive abilities; Linguistic abilities; Pragmatic abilities; Social versus linguistic assessment; Underlying skills

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; COGNITION; FEMALE; GRAMMAR; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPINA BIFIDA;

CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM;

EID: 64649093145     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2009.01.008     Document Type: Article

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