What influences children's conceptualizations of language input?

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1613-1624

  Plante, Elena ^a   Vance, Rebecca ^a   Moody, Amanda ^a   Gerken, Louann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Language disorders; Specific language impairment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DEVELOPMENTAL LANGUAGE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LANGUAGE TEST; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PHONETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

CHILDREN; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; SPECIFIC LANGUAGE IMPAIRMENT;

BAYES THEOREM; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; LEARNING; MALE; PHONETICS; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS;

EID: 84886698874     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2013/12-0129)     Document Type: Article

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