Oral narrative skills in French adults who are functionally illiterate: Linguistic features and discourse organization

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1349-1371

  Eme, Elsa ^a   Lacroix, Agnès ^b   Almecija, Yves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ RENNES 2   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; NARRATION; REFERENCE VALUES; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957554394     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2010/08-0092)     Document Type: Article

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