An exploratory study of the development of early syllable structure in reading-impaired children

Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 294-307

  Smith, Susan Lambrecht ^a   Roberts, Jenny A ^b   Locke, John L ^c   Tozer, Rebekah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Babbling; Phonology; Reading disability; Syllable structure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; READING; SPEECH; SPEECH DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGY; SPEECH SOUND DISORDER;

ARTICULATION DISORDERS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD LANGUAGE; COGNITION; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; READING; SPEECH;

EID: 77953991372     PISSN: 00222194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022219410369094     Document Type: Article

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