Grammaticality judgments of an extended optional infinitive grammar: Evidence from english-speaking children with specific language impairment

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 943-961

  Rice, Mabel L ^a   Wexler, Kenneth ^b   Redmond, Sean M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Children's language impairments; Extended optional infinitives; Grammaticality judgments; Optional infinitives; Specific language impairment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GROWTH CURVE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; FOLLOW UP; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; PHONETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH ANALYSIS;

CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; PHONETICS; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0032587125     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/jslhr.4204.943     Document Type: Article

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