Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

specific language impairment

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.52 in modern English

Syllables: speci-fic lan-guage im-pair-ment
IPA

43

Scrabble Score

26

Letters

5

Syllables

14

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A disorder where a person's language skills are retarded or abnormally poor for unknown reasons.

Inflected Forms

specific language impairments (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

aphasia

Synonyms

SLI

Questions

What does specific language impairment mean?: A disorder where a person's language skills are retarded or abnormally poor for unknown reasons.

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