The use of grammatical morphemes reflecting aspect and modality by children with specific language impairment

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 769-795

  Leonard, Laurence B ^a   Deevy, Patricia ^a   Miller, Carol A ^b   Charest, Monique ^a   Kurtz, Robert ^a   Rauf, Leila ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LINGUISTICS; PHONATION; PHONETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LINGUISTICS; PHONATION; PHONETICS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0344253954     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305000903005816     Document Type: Review

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