Preschool-aged children have difficulty constructing and interpreting simple utterances composed of graphic symbols

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-26

  Sutton, Ann ^a   Trudeau, Natacha ^a   Morford, Jill ^b   Rios, Monica ^a   Poirier, Marie Andre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION AID; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TEST; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE;

CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION AIDS FOR DISABLED; HUMANS; LANGUAGE TESTS; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 77449151119     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: 14697602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305000909009477     Document Type: Article

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