Understanding conservation delays in children with specific language impairment: Task representations revealed in speech and gesture

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1267-1279

  Mainela Arnold, Elina ^a   Evans, Julia L ^b   Alibali, Martha W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Gesture; Nonverbal cognition; Specific language impairment (SLI); Task representations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; FEMALE; GESTURE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LEARNING; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; FEMALE; GESTURES; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; TIME FACTORS; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 85047688307     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2006/091)     Document Type: Article

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