Semantic Representation and Naming in Children with Specific Language Impairment.

McGregor, Karla K.; Newman, Robyn M.; Reilly, Renee M.; Capone, Nina C.

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ERIC Number: EJ655503

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Publication Date: 2002

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Semantic Representation and Naming in Children with Specific Language Impairment.

McGregor, Karla K.; Newman, Robyn M.; Reilly, Renee M.; Capone, Nina C.

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, v45 n5 p998-1014 Oct 2002

When 16 children (ages 5-7) with specific language impairment (SLI) and 16 typical children named age-appropriate objects, the SLI cohort made more naming errors. Drawings and definitions of error items were poor. Eleven participants with SLI who participated in a forced-choice recognition task demonstrated significantly lower performance on erroneous targets. (Contains references.) (Author/CR)

Descriptors: Children, Definitions, Elementary Education, Language Acquisition, Language Impairments, Semantics, Sight Vocabulary, Student Characteristics, Vocabulary Development, Word Recognition

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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