Morphological productivity in children with normal language and SLI: A study of the English past tense

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 206-219

  Marchman, Virginia A ^a   Wulfeck, Beverly ^b   Weismer, Susan Ellis ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Language development in children; Language disorders in children; Morphology; Specific language impairment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MORPHOLOGY;

EID: 0032925302     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/jslhr.4201.206     Document Type: Article

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