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| Cognitive Mapping | 1 |
| Cognitive Processes | 1 |
| Language Acquisition | 1 |
| Language Impairments | 1 |
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| Sentence Structure | 1 |
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| Language and Cognitive… | 1 |
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| Chiat, Shula | 1 |
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Peer reviewedChiat, Shula – Language and Cognitive Processes, 2001
Presents the case for a mapping theory of developmental language impairment, which branches into a theory that specific language impairment arises from impaired phonological processing and the consequent disruption of the mapping process through which the words and sentence structure of language are established. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Mapping, Cognitive Processes, Language Acquisition, Language Impairments
