Causative alternations of children with specific language impairment

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1103-1114

  Loeb, Diane Frome ^a   Pye, Clifton ^b   Richardson, Lori Zobel ^b   Redmond, Sean ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Causative alternation; Specific language impairment; Verb acquisition; Verb argument structure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; SEMANTICS;

EID: 0031689104     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/jslhr.4105.1103     Document Type: Article

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