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Leonard, Laurence B.; Weismer, Susan Ellis; Miller, Carol A.; Francis, David J.; Tomblin, J. Bruce; Kail, Robert V. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2007
Purpose: Children with language impairment (LI) often perform below the level of typically developing peers on measures of both processing speed and working memory. This study examined the relationship between these 2 types of measures and attempted to determine whether such measures can account for the LI itself. Method: Fourteen-year-old…
Descriptors: Memory, Evaluation Criteria, Language Tests, Language Impairments
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Owen, Amanda J.; Leonard, Laurence B. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2006
The purpose of this study was to explore whether 13 children with specific language impairment (SLI; ages 5;1-8;0 [years;months]) were as proficient as typically developing age- and vocabulary-matched children in the production of finite and nonfinite complement clauses. Preschool children with SLI have marked difficulties with verb-related…
Descriptors: Language Impairments, Language Acquisition, Vocabulary Skills, Morphology (Languages)