Short-term and Working Memory in Children with Specific Language Impairment
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چکیده
................................................................................ 1 Chapter 1: General Introduction ................................................... 2 1.1 Specific Language Impairment ................................................ 2 1.1.1: Diagnostic criteria ..................................................... 5 1.1.2: Characteristics of SLI ................................................. 8 1.1.2.1 Lexical abilities................................................ 9 1.1.2.2 Grammatical abilities......................................... 10 1.1.2.3 Discourse....................................................... 12 1.1.2.4 Pragmatics..................................................... 13 1.1.2.5 Speech sound system.......................................... 14 1.1.2.6 Nonverbal abilities............................................ 15 1.1.2.7 Academic impact.............................................. 16 1.1.3: Subgroups............................................................... 17 1.1.4: Theoretical perspectives............................................... 18 1.2 Short-term and Working Memory............................................. 19 1.2.1: Short-term memory..................................................... 20
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