The production of complex sentences by young and older adults with mild to moderate retardation

Applied Psycholinguistics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 41-57

  Fujiki, Martin ^a   Brinton, Bonnie ^b   Watson, Valyne ^b   Robinson, Lee A ^b  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0030306180     PISSN: 01427164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0142716400009450     Document Type: Article

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