Verbs in the emergence of word combinations in young children with specific expressive language impairment

International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders

Volumn 32, Issue 2s, 1997, Pages 15-33

  Olswang, Lesley B ^a   Long, Steven H ^b   Fletcher, Paul ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Language impairment; Verbs; Word combinations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LANGUAGE THERAPY; LINGUISTICS;

EID: 0030763974     PISSN: 13682822     EISSN: 14606984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-6984.1997.tb01622.x     Document Type: Article

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