The role of vocal practice in constructing phonological working memory

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1280-1293

  Keren Portnoy, Tamar ^a   Vihman, Marilyn M ^a   DePaolis, Rory A ^b   Whitaker, Chris J ^c   Williams, Nicola M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nonword repetition; Normal phonological development; Production practice

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHONETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPEECH;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PHONETICS; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); SPEECH; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 77957552861     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2009/09-0003)     Document Type: Article

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