Is expressive language disorder an accurate diagnostic category?

American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 115-123

  Leonard, Laurence B ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Expressive language disorder; Language disorders; Specific language impairment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; GENETICS; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LINGUISTICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RECALL; SEMANTICS;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MENTAL RECALL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; SEMANTICS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 67049142569     PISSN: 10580360     EISSN: 15589110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1058-0360(2008/08-0064)     Document Type: Article

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