Phonological and lexical effects in verbal recall by children with specific language impairments

International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 144-159

  Coady, Jeffry A ^a   Mainela Arnold, Elina ^b   Evans, Julia L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

phonological similarity; phonotactic pattern frequency; specific language impairment; verbal memory; word frequency

Indexed keywords

CHILD; DEVELOPMENTAL LANGUAGE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MEMORY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHONETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; RECALL; SPEECH SOUND DISORDER; ARTICLE;

ARTICULATION DISORDERS; CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; PHONETICS; VERBAL LEARNING; VOCABULARY;

EID: 84874850018     PISSN: 13682822     EISSN: 14606984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1460-6984.12005     Document Type: Article

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