expressive language
collocation in Englishmeaningsofexpressiveandlanguage
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expressive
adjective
uk/ɪkˈspres.ɪv/us/ɪkˈspres.ɪv/
showing what someone thinks ...
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language
noun
uk/ˈlæŋ.ɡwɪdʒ/us/ˈlæŋ.ɡwɪdʒ/
a system of communication consisting of sounds, words, ...
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(Definition ofexpressiveandlanguagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The model delivers anexpressivelanguage, that could be used for other areas of research.
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Predicting outcomes of earlyexpressivelanguagedelay : ethical implications.
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Many late talkers have age-adequate receptive language, but some have delays in both receptive andexpressivelanguage.
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This research assessed the use of psychological state terms at age 3 in children with a history ofexpressivelanguagedelay.
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In this study, receptive andexpressivelanguage, nonverbal reasoning ability, articulatory, and pragmatic skills, were assessed for each child.
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The rate of phonological development within short time increments and the identification of possible speech constraints motivating slow development ofexpressivelanguagewere examined.
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This served as a second measure of the child'sexpressivelanguagelevel.
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Regression models significantly predicted receptive language and cognitive development at 24 months but notexpressivelanguage.
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Expressivelanguageand a measure of semantic knowledge were the only significant predictors for the number of words children learned to produce.
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A final theoretical concern is how the given phonological constraints affectexpressivelanguagedevelopment and vocabulary growth in particular.
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Analysis of test results show linguistic development in use of verb tenses andexpressivelanguage.
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Sentence formulation tasks were especially challenging at 7 and 8 years of age for those children with histories of slowexpressivelanguagedevelopment.
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To summarize, the current study provided some evidence from another language regarding the intimate relationship between late onset ofexpressivelanguageand phonological delay.
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This may have limited the opportunities for producing highlyexpressivelanguage.
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This may be because of the lesser stability ofexpressivelanguagecompared to the other measures during the toddler developmental period.
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Notably, for social competence andexpressivelanguageskills, resistant infants also showed greater deficits, but only at the highest level of risk.
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At this high level of risk, attachment accounted for approximately 8.1% of the variance inexpressivelanguageskills.
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By contrast, duplication results in severely delayed speech andexpressivelanguage, with relative strength in visuospatial construction.
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