Text structure and patterns of cohesion in narrative texts written by adults with a history of language impairment

Reading and Writing

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 735-752

  Mortensen, Lynne ^a   Smith Lock, Karen ^a   Nickels, Lyndsey ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adult language impairment; Coherence; Cohesion; Generic structure; Text organization; Written discourse

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349109793     PISSN: 09224777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11145-008-9150-x     Document Type: Article

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