The expressive elaboration of imaginative narratives by children with specific language impairment

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 883-898

  Ukrainetz, Teresa A ^a   Gillam, Ronald B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Narrative; Specific language impairment

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; NARRATIVE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; STORYTELLING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; LINGUISTICS; MALE; NARRATION; SPEECH;

EID: 68149137102     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2009/07-0133)     Document Type: Article

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