The acquisition of past tense in preschool children with specific language impairment and unaffected controls: Regular and irregular forms

Linguistics

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 321-349

  Serratrice, Ludovica ^b   Joseph, Kate L ^b   Conti Ramsden, Gina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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EID: 0042378445     PISSN: 00243949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/ling.2003.011     Document Type: Review

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