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Wagovich, Stacy A.; Hall, Nancy E. – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2018
Children's frequency of stuttering can be affected by utterance length, syntactic complexity, and lexical content of language. Using a unique small-scale within-subjects design, this study explored whether language samples that contain more stuttering have (a) longer, (b) syntactically more complex, and (c) lexically more diverse utterances than…
Descriptors: Stuttering, Lexicology, Syntax, Word Frequency
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Stoner, Julia B.; Beck, Ann R.; Parette, Howard P., Jr.; Nagorski, Karen; Young, Kayla – Multicultural Learning and Teaching, 2011
In recent decades, the composition of classrooms in the U.S. has reflected larger numbers of children who use English as their second language (ESL), including children of professional families from Indian backgrounds. The purpose of this qualitative study was to identify the perspectives of Indian parents regarding their children?s early…
Descriptors: Indians, English (Second Language), Qualitative Research, Semi Structured Interviews
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DeMarco, Salvatore; Bolen, Larry M. – Psychology in the Schools, 1990
Presents five clinical case studies of children with depressed performance on the Expressive One-Word Picture Vocabulary Test (EOWPVT) to illustrate differential performance outcomes that are not attributable to a single causal factor. Proposes that the utility of the EOWPVT may provide more than just a measure of general verbal intelligence.…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Children, Individual Differences, Performance