"Language Tests" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Tests designed to assess language behavior and abilities. They include tests of vocabulary, comprehension, grammar and functional use of language, e.g., Development Sentence Scoring, Receptive-Expressive Emergent Language Scale, Parsons Language Sample, Utah Test of Language Development, Michigan Language Inventory and Verbal Language Development Scale, Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities, Northwestern Syntax Screening Test, Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test, Ammons Full-Range Picture Vocabulary Test, and Assessment of Children's Language Comprehension.
| Descriptor ID |
D007807
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F04.711.513.240
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| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Language Tests" by people in Profiles.
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Comparing Measures From Computer-Administered and Examiner-Administered Narrative Retells in Spanish: A Pilot Study. Am J Speech Lang Pathol. 2022 09 07; 31(5):2175-2185.
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An examination of cultural-linguistic influences on PPVT-4 performance in African American and Hispanic preschoolers from low-income communities. Clin Linguist Phon. 2020; 34(3):242-255.
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Adult language use and infant comprehension of English: associations with encoding and generalization across cues at 20 months. Infant Behav Dev. 2014 Nov; 37(4):465-79.
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Speech disruptions in the sentence formulation of school-age children with specific language impairment. Int J Lang Commun Disord. 2009 May-Jun; 44(3):271-86.
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Sustained attention in children with specific language impairment (SLI). J Speech Lang Hear Res. 2009 Aug; 52(4):915-29.
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Grammaticality judgements in adolescents with and without language impairment. Int J Lang Commun Disord. 2008 May-Jun; 43(3):346-60.
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Expression of game-related and generic knowledge by dementia patients who retain skill at playing dominoes. Neurology. 1997 Aug; 49(2):518-23.