An examination of the morpheme BE in children with specific language impairment: The role of contractibility and grammatical form class

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 480-492

  Cleave, Patricia L ^a   Rice, Mabel L ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Auxilary BE; Copula BE; Grammatical impairment; Morphosyntax; Specific language impairment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LEARNING; PHONETICS; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0030739301     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/jslhr.4003.480     Document Type: Article

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