Grammatical deficits in German and English: A crosslinguistic study of children with specific language impairment

First Language

Volumn 17, Issue 50, 1997, Pages 131-150

  Roberts, Stephanie S ^a   Leonard, Laurence B ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0008724459     PISSN: 01427237     EISSN: 17402344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014272379701705001     Document Type: Article

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