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ERIC Number: EJ632537
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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ISSN: ISSN-1092-4388
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Language Development and Symbolic Play in Children with and without Familial Risk for Dyslexia.
Lyytinen, Paula; Poikkeus, Anna-Maija; Laakso, Marja-Leena; Eklund, Kenneth; Lyytinen, Heikki
Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, v44 n4 p873-85 Aug 2001
A study analyzed the language development of 200 children at 14, 24, 30, and 42 months and assessed their symbolic play at 14 months. Children from families with dyslexia (n=103) had lower maximum sentence length at 2 years and object naming and inflectional morphology skills at 3.5 years. (Contains references.) (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Child Development, Dyslexia, Expressive Language, Family Influence, Genetics, Language Acquisition, Language Impairments, Morphology (Languages), Play, Predictor Variables, Sentences, Young Children
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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