What's the story? narration and comprehension in Swedish preschool children with language impairment

Child Language Teaching and Therapy

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 113-137

  Wagner, Christina Reuterskiöld ^a   Sahlén, Birgitta ^a   Nettelbladt, Ulrika ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

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EID: 0007135396     PISSN: 02656590     EISSN: 14770865     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/026565999671432141     Document Type: Article

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