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The use of specific semantic word categories in the diagnosis of dysnomic learning‐disabled children
Author(s) -
German Diane J.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
international journal of language and communication disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.101
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1460-6984
pISSN - 1368-2822
DOI - 10.3109/13682828509012256
Subject(s) - psychology , learning disabled , word (group theory) , learning disability , word learning , cognitive psychology , developmental psychology , linguistics , vocabulary , philosophy
The word finding skills of dysnomic children (learning‐disabled children with word finding problems) were compared with those of learning disabled and normal children without word finding problems when naming letters, numbers, and colours. Comparison of word finding skills between groups and conditions were made with respect to completion time, errors, and secondary characteristics. Learning‐disabled children with word finding problems manifested significantly more errors, longer completion times, and more secondary characteristics on letter and colour naming while performing similarly to children without word finding problems on number naming tasks. Learning disabled children without word finding problems did not differ significantly from normal children in their naming of colours, letters, or numbers. Implications for the use of specific semantic categories in the assessment of word finding disorders are discussed.