Syntactic development in adolescents with a history of language impairments: A follow-up investigation

American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 241-251

  Nippold, Marilyn A ^a   Mansfield, Tracy C ^a   Billow, Jesse L ^a   Bruce Tomblin, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Complex syntax; Language impairment; Language sampling

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LANGUAGE TEST; LINGUISTICS; MALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; LINGUISTICS; MALE;

EID: 69449101417     PISSN: 10580360     EISSN: 15589110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1058-0360(2008/08-0022)     Document Type: Article

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