Object and action naming in children with specific language impairment

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1704-1719

  Sheng, Li ^a   McGregor, Karla K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Actions; Naming; Nouns; Objects; Specific language impairment; Verbs

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LANGUAGE TEST; LINGUISTICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS;

CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 78650462674     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2010/09-0180)     Document Type: Article

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