Language and disadvantage: A comparison of the language abilities of adolescents from two different socioeconomic areas

International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 274-284

  Spencer, Sarah ^a   Clegg, Judy ^a   Stackhouse, Joy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adolescence; identification; language assessment; social disadvantage

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LANGUAGE TEST; LINGUISTICS; MALE; POVERTY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; MULTILINGUALISM; POVERTY AREAS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 84859945733     PISSN: 13682822     EISSN: 14606984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-6984.2011.00104.x     Document Type: Article

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