Is the language of people with Williams syndrome mere mimicry? Phonological short-term memory in a foreign language

Cahiers de Psychologie Cognitive

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 615-628

  Grant, Julia ^a   Karmiloff Smith, Annette ^a   Berthoud, Ioanna ^b   Christophe, Anne ^b  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

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