The role of dialect density in nonword repetition performance: An examination with at-risk African American preschool children.
The Nonword Repetition Task (NRT) is considered to be a less-biased language measure for children from cultural minority groups. In the current study, we examined NRT performance of 50 at-risk, preschool-age children who spoke African American English (AAE). In addition to the NRT, measures included...
| Publicado en: | Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics Vol. 28; no. 9; pp. 682 - 697 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Sep2014
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