Language development and assessment in the preschool period

Neuropsychology Review

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 384-401

  Conti Ramsden, Gina ^a   Durkin, Kevin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Language assessment; Language development; Phonological short term memory; Preschool children; Psychometric instruments; Specific Language Impairment (SLI)

Indexed keywords

CHILD; DEVELOPMENTAL LANGUAGE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TEST; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REVIEW; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 84875808700     PISSN: 10407308     EISSN: 15736660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11065-012-9208-z     Document Type: Review

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