The areas of language: critical analysis.
To determine the degree of linguistic maturity of a child, a series of areas that are usually formally tested in the assessment of language were analyzed. Specifically, an individual test of the assessment of language was applied to a sample of 204 children of Granada (Spain) ranging in age from 2.6 to 6.6 years. This test consists of six areas: comprehension, memory, fluency, vocabulary, knowledge, and judgement and intelligence. A factorial analysis of the data was carried out to check the classification of the above-mentioned areas. It is found that in the three following factors the analyzed variables get saturated: 'learned behaviors', 'behaviors which are being learned' and 'memory'.
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Departamento de Personalidad, Evaluación y Tratamiento Psicológico, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad de Granada, España.
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D002648:Child; D002663:Child Language; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007806:Language Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007807:Language Tests; D008568:Memory; D013067:Speech Perception; D014705:Verbal Behavior; D014706:Verbal Learning; D014825:Vocabulary