Specific Language Impairment in Swedish: The Status of Verb Morphology and Word Order

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 848-864

  Hansson, Kristina ^a   Nettelbladt, Ulrika ^a   Leonard, Laurence B ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Language disorders; Specific language impairment; Swedish; Verb morphology; Word order

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LANGUAGE TEST; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REPRODUCIBILITY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; LINGUISTICS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 0034252339     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/jslhr.4304.848     Document Type: Article

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