Influence of phonotactic probability/neighbourhood density on lexical learning in late talkers

International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 188-199

  MacRoy Higgins, Michelle ^a   Schwartz, Richard G ^b   Shafer, Valerie L ^b   Marton, Klara ^b,c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

language delay; late talkers; lexicon; phonology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; DEVELOPMENTAL LANGUAGE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TEST; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHONETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECOGNITION; SPEECH; SPEECH ANALYSIS;

CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; PHONETICS; PROBABILITY LEARNING; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPEECH; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; VERBAL LEARNING; VOCABULARY;

EID: 84874827243     PISSN: 13682822     EISSN: 14606984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-6984.2012.00198.x     Document Type: Article

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