Non-word repetition in adolescents with specific language impairment (SLI)

International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 257-273

  Ebbels, Susan H ^a,b   Dockrell, Julie E ^c   Van Der Lely, Heather K J ^d,e,f  

^a Moor House School   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

adolescents; non word repetition (NWR); phonological complexity; specific language impairment (SLI); verb agreement and tense marking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LANGUAGE TEST; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHONETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEMANTICS; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PHONETICS; SEMANTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VERBAL LEARNING; VOCABULARY;

EID: 84859982889     PISSN: 13682822     EISSN: 14606984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-6984.2011.00099.x     Document Type: Article

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