Pragmatics in pre-schoolers with language impairments

International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 436-447

  Geurts, Hilde ^a   Embrechts, Mariëtte ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b

^c Netherlands

Author keywords

attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (adhd); children's communication checklist2 (ccc 2); communication; language; nijmegen pragmatics test (npt); pragmatics; specific language impairments (sli)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LANGUAGE TEST; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77953935479     PISSN: 13682822     EISSN: 14606984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13682820903165685     Document Type: Article

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