Meanings
nounlate talker (plural late talkers)
plural late talkers · alternative late-talker
- developmental psychologyA toddler experiencing a delay in language onset with no other diagnosed disabilities (LLE).
[…] Lee and Rescorla (2002) found that young children with delayed expressive language (late talkers) made fewer references to cognitive states and more references to physiological states than typically developing (TD) age-matched children.
2006, Judy Clegg, Jane Ginsborg, editors, Language and Social Disadvantage: Theory Into Practice, John Wiley & Sons, page 78
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