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McCartney, Elspeth; Muir, Margaret – Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs, 2017
School-leaving for pupils with long-term speech, language, swallowing or communication difficulties requires careful management. Speech and language therapists (SLTs) support communication, secure assistive technology and manage swallowing difficulties post-school. UK SLTs are employed by health services, with child SLT teams based in schools.…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Learning Disabilities, Speech Therapy, Speech Language Pathology
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Kumar, Suman; Kumar, Prashant; Kumari, Punam – Indian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2013
Bengali or Bangla is an Indo-Aryan language. It is the state language of West Bengal and Tripura and also spoken in some parts of Assam. Bangla is the official language of Bangladesh. With nearly 230 million speakers (Wikipedia 2010), Bangla is one of the most spoken language in the world. Bangla language is the most commonly used language in West…
Descriptors: Standard Spoken Usage, Indo European Languages, Language Tests, Auditory Perception
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Karanth, Prathibha – Indian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2010
The history of the evolution of language assessments for children and adults with language disorders is described briefly. This is followed by a discussion on language assessment of the clinical population with an emphasis on linguistic profiling, illustrated through the Linguistic Profile Test. Discourse analysis, in particular, is highlighted…
Descriptors: Linguistics, Language Impairments, Discourse Analysis, Profiles
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Centeno, Jose G.; Anderson, Raquel T. – Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 2011
Spoken verb tense use in three groups of Spanish speakers with expressive limitations, namely, children with specific language impairment, bilingual children with first language (L1) (Spanish) attrition and adults with agrammatism, was compared in order to examine the possible impact of conversational tense frequency on expressive production.…
Descriptors: Sociolinguistics, Preschool Children, Verbs, Morphemes
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Richardson, Fiona M.; Thomas, Michael S. C.; Price, Cathy J. – Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 2010
Semantically reversible sentences are prone to misinterpretation and take longer for typically developing children and adults to comprehend; they are also particularly problematic for those with language difficulties such as aphasia or Specific Language Impairment. In our study, we used fMRI to compare the processing of semantically reversible and…
Descriptors: Sentences, Semantics, Sentence Structure, Language Impairments
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Mavis, Ilknur – Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 2008
The purpose of the study is first to investigate whether there is a significant difference among three study groups in terms of total content words, total nominal and verbal productions, and total nominal and verbal inflections; and secondly to analyse the most frequent words produced in relation to a picture description task. The underlying…
Descriptors: Accidents, Verbs, Nouns, Hospitals
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Kiran, Swathi; Thompson, Cynthia K. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2003
The effect of typicality of category exemplars on naming was investigated using a single subject experimental design across participants and behaviors in four patients with fluent aphasia. Patients trained on naming of atypical exemplars demonstrated generalization to naming of intermediate and typical items. However, patients trained on typical…
Descriptors: Adults, Aphasia, Children, Generalization
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Raymer, Anastasia M. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2001
This article discusses advances in structural and functional neuroimaging that indicate that, in general, nonfluent aphasias are associated with left pre-rolandic lesions and fluent aphasias occur with left post-rolandic lesions that spare pre-rolandic areas. However, functional neuroimaging studies have also shown that neural dysfunction often…
Descriptors: Adults, Anatomy, Aphasia, Biological Influences
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Thompson, Cynthia K. – Journal of Communication Disorders, 2000
This article presents data showing that two of the four forms of neuroplasticity, homologous area adaptation and map extension, are relevant to recovery from aphasia. It discusses factors related to neuroplastic activity during language recovery, including neurophysiological, subject, and environmental treatment variables. (Contains references.)…
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Adults, Aphasia, Brain Hemisphere Functions
Wray, Alison – 2002
This book explores the nature and purposes of formulaic language, examining patterns across research from the fields of discourse analysis, first language acquisition, language pathology, and applied linguistics. There are 14 chapters in 6 parts. Part 1, "What Formulaic Sequences Are," includes (1) "The Whole and the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adult Learning, Adults, Aphasia
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Kotik-Friedgut, Bella – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2001
This article presents an approach to a variety of syndromes and patterns of language disorders in bilingual speakers and polyglots. This framework demands that in neuropsychological analysis, all the variables and dynamics of bilingual development have to be taken into consideration, along with details of the neurological syndrome. (Contains…
Descriptors: Adults, Aphasia, Bilingual Students, Bilingualism
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Worrall, Linda; McCooey, Robyn; Davidson, Bronwyn; Larkins, Brigette; Hickson, Louise – Journal of Communication Disorders, 2002
Three studies observed everyday communication of people with aphasia, traumatic brain injury, and in hospital. Simplification of real-life communication in the World Health Organization's International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health, variability of item sampling in existing assessments, and the complexity of real-life…
Descriptors: Adults, Aphasia, Children, Classification
West, Robert, Ed. – 1962
A group of experts met at the Stanford Medical Center in 1960 to assist the California Society for Crippled Children and Adults in establishing guidelines for the development of services for aphasic children. Subjects discussed were (1) language development in the normal child, (2) neurological bases of linguistic functions, (3) semantic aspects…
Descriptors: Adults, Aphasia, Children, Conference Reports
Langhans, Joseph J., Ed. – Florida Language, Speech and Hearing Association Journal, 1994
This annual volume is an annual compilation of articles that address evaluation, treatment, efficacy, and credentialing, and a synopsis of programs that provide speech, language, hearing, and swallowing services. Featured articles include: (1) "Verification of Credentials and Privileging Review" (Kathryn W. Enchelmayer); (2) "The…
Descriptors: Adults, Aphasia, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Audiology
Langhans, Joseph J., Ed. – Florida Journal of Communication Disorders, 1997
This annual volume is a compilation of traditional articles, poster publications and clinical reports addressing speech and language impairments and intervention. Featured articles include: (1) "Pantomime Recognition and Pantomime Expression in Persons with Aphasia" (Joseph J. Langhans); (2) "Bilingual Classroom Discourse Skills: An…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Alzheimers Disease, Aphasia
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