The Role of Stress in Language Processing and Intervention

Topics in Language Disorders

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 41-52

  Weismer, Susan Ellis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Emphatic stress; Language processing; Lexical learning; Limited capacity; Specific language impairment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347801883     PISSN: 02718294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00011363-199708000-00006     Document Type: Article

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