Language repair via metalinguistic means

International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 251-268

  Hirschman, Mary ^a,b  

^a Speech Therapy Department   (South Africa)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Complex sentences; Language disordered; Learning disabled; Metalinguistics; Sentence subordination; Specific language impairment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LEARNING DISORDER; LINGUISTICS; LOGIC; SEMANTICS; TRAINING;

EID: 0034033328     PISSN: 13682822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/136828200247179     Document Type: Article

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