Tense over time: The longitudinal course of tense acquisition in children with specific language impairment

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1412-1431

  Rice, Mabel L ^a   Wexler, Kenneth ^b   Hershberger, Scott ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Grammatical development; Grammatical impairment; Morphosyntax; Specific language impairment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GROWTH CURVE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LINGUISTICS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHONETICS; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY;

EID: 0031672395     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/jslhr.4106.1412     Document Type: Article

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