title: An examination of the semantic relations reflected in the language usage of normal and language-disordered children.
abstract: Language samples were obtained from 40 children in order to examine semantic relations reflected in language usage as a function of chronological age (three and five years) and linguistic status (normal and language disordered). Normal-disordered comparisons were made under both matched utterance length and matched age conditions. Results are interpreted as supporting the notion that the disordered-language usage reflected semantic relations consistent with an earlier level of development.
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007804:Language Development; D007806:Language Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D012660:Semantics; D013803:Thematic Apperception Test