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Lexical storage and retrieval in language-impaired children*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 November 2008

Robert Kail ,
Catherine A. Hale ,
Laurence B. Leonard  and
Marilyn A. Nippold
Robert Kail
Affiliation:
Purdue University
Catherine A. Hale
Affiliation:
Purdue University
Laurence B. Leonard*
Affiliation:
Purdue University
Marilyn A. Nippold
Affiliation:
Purdue University
*
Laurence B. Leonard, Department of Audiology and Speech Sciences, Heavilon Hall, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907
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Abstract

We tested 20 language-impaired children, 20 age-matched normal children, and 20 language-matched normal children. In free recall, children simply remembered as many words possible; in cued recall, the experimenter provided the category names as retrieval cues; in repeated free recall, children recalled the list three times in succession. The principal results were that (1) language-impaired children recalled fewer words than their agemates in both free and cued recall, and (2) the pattern of repeated free recall suggested that language-impaired children were less likely than their agemates to store a word when presented, and were less consistent in their retrieval of words. Our discussion concerns the roles of lexical acquisition and lexical retrieval in language-impaired children's word-finding problems.

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Applied Psycholinguistics , Volume 5 , Issue 1 , March 1984 , pp. 37 - 49
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1984

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This article was processed and accepted under the editorship of Sheldon Rosenberg.

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