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Linguistic Trade-Offs in School-Age Children with and without Language Disorders.
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Masterson, Julie J.; Kamhi, Alan G. – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1992
Trade-off effects among linguistic components were compared in 30 elementary school children with deficits in both oral and written language, deficits only in written language, or normal language development. Analysis of syntax, phonology, and fluency indicated group effects, with trade-offs between some linguistic measures and positive…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Interaction, Language Acquisition, Language Fluency
Measurable Outcomes of Instructions to Modify Normal Parent-Child Verbal Interactions: Implications for Indirect Stuttering Therapy.
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Ratner, Nan Bernstein – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1992
This study of 20 mothers and their fluent children (ages 3-5) found no significant differences between the effects of instructions to slow maternal speech rate and instructions to slow and simplify maternal speech. Children's speech rate and language complexity did not parallel maternal adjustments, which is problematic for parental involvement in…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Interaction, Interpersonal Communication, Language Fluency