Lexical-semantic organization in children with specific language impairment

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 146-159

  Sheng, Li ^a   McGregor, Karla K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Lexical semantic organization; Repeated word association; Specific language impairment; Word finding difficulties

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LANGUAGE TEST; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; LINGUISTICS; MALE; VOCABULARY;

EID: 77249165596     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2009/08-0160)     Document Type: Article

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