Spoken language production in adults: Examining age-related differences in syntactic complexity.

The use of complex syntax in the spoken discourse of young, middle-aged, and older adults was examined. The purpose of the study was to determine if syntactic complexity would show an age-related decline. Language samples were elicited from healthy adults in their 20 s, 40 s, and 60 s ( n = 20 per g...

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Published in:Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics Vol. 28; no. 3; pp. 195 - 208
Main Authors: Nippold, Marilyn A., Cramond, Paige M., Hayward-Mayhew, Christine
Format: research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd Mar2014
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