Examining relationships among dialect variation, literacy skills, and school context in first grade

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 126-145

  Terry, Nicole Patton ^a   Connor, Carol McDonald ^b   Thomas Tate, Shurita ^b   Love, Michael ^c  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FLORIDA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dialect variation; Dialects; Literacy; School environment

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TEST; LINGUISTICS; MALE; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PHONETICS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; READING; SCHOOL; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPEECH ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENT; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE TESTS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PHONETICS; READING; SCHOOLS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; VOCABULARY;

EID: 77249103606     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2009/08-0058)     Document Type: Article

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