Word processing at 19 months and its relation to language performance at 30 months: A retrospective analysis of data from German learning children

International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 356-363

  Höhle, Barbara ^a   Van De Vijver, Ruben ^a   Weissenborn, Jürgen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

early indicators for SLI; late talker; processing of phonological details; Word processing

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052602357     PISSN: 17549515     EISSN: 17549507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14417040600970614     Document Type: Article

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