Role of phonotactic frequency in nonword repetition by children with specific language impairments

International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 494-509

  Coady, Jeffry ^a   Evans, Julia L ^b   Kluender, Keith R ^c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

nonword repetition; phonotactics; specific language impairment (sli); vocabulary

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMITATION; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LANGUAGE TEST; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PHONETICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; SPEECH; TIME;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; PHONETICS; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; REACTION TIME; SPEECH; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77953928028     PISSN: 13682822     EISSN: 14606984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13682820903222783     Document Type: Article

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