Relation of working memory to off-line and real-time sentence processing in children with specific language impairment

Applied Psycholinguistics

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 117-148

  Montgomery, James W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 0034373039     PISSN: 01427164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0142716400001065     Document Type: Article

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