Articulating Novel Words: Children's Oromotor Skills Predict Nonword Repetition Abilities.

Purpose: Pronouncing a novel word for the first time requires the transformation of a newly encoded speech signal into a series of coordinated, exquisitely timed oromotor movements. Individual differences in children's ability to repeat novel nonwords are associated with vocabulary development and l...

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Published in:	Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research Vol. 56; no. 6; pp. 1800 - 1813
Main Authors:	Krishnan, Saloni, Alcock, Katherine J., Mercure, Evelyne, Leech, Robert, Barker, Edward, Karmiloff-Smith, Annette, Dick, Frederic
Format:	Article
Published:	American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Dec2013
Subjects:	Intelligence tests Language acquisition Motor ability Phonetics Experimental design Neuropsychological tests Research funding Speech evaluation Video recording Descriptive statistics
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