Investigating the relationship between nonword repetition performance and syllabic structure in typical and atypical language development

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 708-720

  Tamburelli, Marco ^a   Jones, Gary ^b  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coda; Nonword repetition; Onset; Specific language impairment; Syllabic constituency

Indexed keywords

CHILD; DEVELOPMENTAL LANGUAGE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TEST; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PHONETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH; ARTICLE; CODA; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; NONWORD REPETITION; ONSET; SYLLABIC CONSTITUENCY;

CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PHONETICS; SPEECH; VERBAL LEARNING;

CODA; NONWORD REPETITION; ONSET; SPECIFIC LANGUAGE IMPAIRMENT; SYLLABIC CONSTITUENCY;

EID: 84878103619     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2012/11-0171)     Document Type: Article

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