Relationship of length and grammatical complexity to the systematic and nonsystematic speech errors and stuttering of children who stutter

Journal of Fluency Disorders

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 21-45

  Melnick, Kenneth S ^a   Conture, Edward G ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Phonology; Stuttering

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONVERSATION; ERROR; HUMAN; MALE; PHONETICS; SPEECH DISORDER; STUTTERING;

EID: 0034002862     PISSN: 0094730X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0094-730X(99)00028-5     Document Type: Article

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