Specific language impairment as principle conflict: Evidence from negation

Lingua

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 281-300

  Davies, Lee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Grammatical deficit; Minimalism; Movement; Negation; Optionality; SLI (Specific Language Impairment)

Indexed keywords

EID: 10644267816     PISSN: 00243841     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-3841(01)00047-X     Document Type: Article

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