Temperament, speech and language: An overview

Journal of Communication Disorders

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 125-142

  Conture, Edward G ^a   Kelly, Ellen M ^a   Walden, Tedra A ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Emotion; Language; SLI; Speech; Speech language disorder; Stuttering; Temperament; Voice disorders

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; INHIBITORY CONTROL; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SOCIAL COMPETENCE; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SPEECH; SPEECH DEVELOPMENT; SPEECH DISORDER; STUTTERING; TEMPERAMENT; THEORY; VOICE DISORDER;

CHILD; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; SPEECH; SPEECH DISORDERS; STUTTERING; TEMPERAMENT; VOICE DISORDERS;

EID: 84876988827     PISSN: 00219924     EISSN: 18737994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcomdis.2012.11.002     Document Type: Review

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