Jumping Around and Leaving Things Out: A Profile of the Narrative Abilities of Children with Specific Language Impairment.

Miranda, Elisabeth A.; McCabe, Allysa; Bliss, Lynn S.

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ERIC Number: EJ579719

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Publication Date: 1998

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Jumping Around and Leaving Things Out: A Profile of the Narrative Abilities of Children with Specific Language Impairment.

Miranda, Elisabeth A.; McCabe, Allysa; Bliss, Lynn S.

Applied Psycholinguistics, v19 n4 p647-67 Dec 1998

Investigates the discourse coherence of school-aged children with Specific Language Impairment (SLI). Children with SLI were found to be significantly impaired in the areas of topic maintenance, event sequencing, explicitness, conjunctive cohesion, and fluency. Theoretical and clinical implications of the results are discussed. (Author/ER)

Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Grade 3, Grammar, Language Acquisition, Language Fluency, Language Impairments, Language Tests, Lexicology, Males, Personal Narratives, Primary Education, Sentence Structure, Speech Impairments, Testing

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children

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