Sensitivity to grammatical morphemes in children with specific language impairment

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1147-1157

  McNamara, Mary ^a   Carter, Allyson ^a   McIntosh, Bonnie ^b   Gerken, LouAnn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Grammatical morphemes; Language comprehension; Specific language impairment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; MEMORY; SEMANTICS;

EID: 0031658466     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/jslhr.4105.1147     Document Type: Article

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