Gesture production and comprehension in children with specific language impairment

British Journal of Developmental Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 51-69

  Botting, Nicola ^a   Riches, Nicholas ^b   Gaynor, Marguerite ^a   Morgan, Gary ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; GESTURE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; READING; SEMANTICS; SPEECH; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; CUES; FEMALE; GESTURES; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; READING; SEMANTICS; SPEECH; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VOCABULARY;

EID: 77951241796     PISSN: 0261510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/026151009X482642     Document Type: Article

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