A study of specific language impairment (SLI) in the context of non-standard dialect

Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 25-44

  Oetting, Janna B ^a   Cantrell, Julie P ^a   Horohov, Janice E ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dialect; Morphology; SLI

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MORPHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032955142     PISSN: 02699206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/026992099299220     Document Type: Article

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