Bilingual children with primary language impairment: Issues, evidence and implications for clinical actions

Journal of Communication Disorders

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 456-473

  Kohnert, Kathryn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; REVIEW; SPEECH THERAPY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LANGUAGE THERAPY; MULTILINGUALISM;

EID: 77957926307     PISSN: 00219924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcomdis.2010.02.002     Document Type: Review

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