Utterance complexity and stuttering on function words in preschool-age children who stutter

Journal of Fluency Disorders

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 314-331

  Richels, Corrin ^a   Buhr, Anthony ^b   Conture, Edward ^c   Ntourou, Katerina ^b  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood stuttering; Content words; Function words; Position; Utterance; Utterance complexity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIO RECORDING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONVERSATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH ARTICULATION; STUTTERING; UTTERANCE COMPLEXITY; VIDEORECORDER;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE TESTS; LINGUISTICS; MALE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPEECH; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; STUTTERING;

EID: 77956493518     PISSN: 0094730X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfludis.2010.06.001     Document Type: Article

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