Does agrammatic speech constitute a regression to child language? A three-way comparison between agrammatic, child, and normal ellipsis

Brain and Language

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 340-350

  Kolk, Herman ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agrammatism; Behavioral strategies; Capacity limitation; Child language; Regression hypothesis; Root infinitives; Syntactic complexity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATAXIC APHASIA; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE;

EID: 0034997551     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/brln.2000.2406     Document Type: Conference Paper

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