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Peer reviewedWilliams, Sarah E.; And Others – Journal of Communication Disorders, 1994
Thirty-two subjects (5 Broca's, 7 conduction, and 10 anomic aphasics and 10 normal controls) performed story retell and procedural discourse tasks containing familiar and unfamiliar topics, with familiar and unfamiliar listeners. Results indicated that topic familiarity significantly influenced verbal output in both normal and aphasic subjects.…
Descriptors: Adults, Aphasia, Context Effect, Discourse Analysis
Peer reviewedPena, Elizabeth D.; Quinn, Rosemary – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1997
Two studies compared the performance of Puerto Rican and African American Head Start children (total n=134) on familiar (description) and unfamiliar (one word labeling) test tasks. Results indicated children performed better on the familiar test task, which was also more sensitive in differentiating typically developing children from those with…
Descriptors: Black Students, Disability Identification, Familiarity, Language Impairments
