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late talkers

late talkers is the plural of late talker.

Meaning of late talker

Noun

late talker (plural late talkers)

  1. (developmental psychology) A 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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What is late talkers the plural of?
Late talkers is the plural of late talker.

Words near late talkers in the dictionary

  1. late risers
  2. late stage capitalism
  3. late tackle
  4. late tackles
  5. late talker
  6. late talkers
  7. late to the ball
  8. late to the game
  9. late to the party
  10. late unpleasantness
  11. late unpleasantnesses

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