A comparison of oral narratives in children with specific language and non-specific language impairment

Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 622-645

  Pearce, Wendy M ^a   James, Deborah G H ^b   McCormack, Paul F ^c  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Differential diagnosis; Non specific language impairment; Oral narrative; Specific language impairment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LANGUAGE TEST; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; NARRATION; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 77954768556     PISSN: 02699206     EISSN: 14645076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02699201003736403     Document Type: Article

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