Inference and sentence comprehension in children with specific or pragmatic language impairments

International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 301-318

  Adams, Catherine ^a   Clarke, Elaine ^a   Haynes, Rebecca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Inference; Language impairment; Pragmatics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; ENGLAND; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; SEMANTICS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 70350666636     PISSN: 13682822     EISSN: 14606984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13682820802051788     Document Type: Article

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