Differentiating the effects of phonotactic probability and neighborhood density on vocabulary comprehension and Production: A comparison of preschool children with versus without phonological delays

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 933-949

  Storkel, Holly L ^a   Maekawa, Junko ^a   Hoover, Jill R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Neighborhood density; Phonological delay; Phonotactic probability; Vocabulary; Word learning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PHONETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LEARNING; MALE; PHONETICS; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VOCABULARY;

EID: 77955372861     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2009/09-0075)     Document Type: Article

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