Similarities in weak syllable omissions between children with specific language impairment and normally developing language: A preliminary report

Journal of Communication Disorders

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 165-179

  Carter, Allyson K ^a   Gerken, LouAnn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic analysis; Child language production; Prosodic development; Specific language impairment; Syllable omission

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; PHONETICS; SPEECH ARTICULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0037333430     PISSN: 00219924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9924(03)00005-4     Document Type: Article

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