The generativist-interactionist debate over specific language impairment: Psycholinguistics at a crossroads

American Journal of Psychology

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 415-450

  Shanker, Stuart ^a  

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ARTICLE; HISTORY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LINGUISTICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOLOGY;

HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0036728272     PISSN: 00029556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1423425     Document Type: Article

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