Tense and agreement in the speech of children with specific language impairment: Patterns of generalization through intervention

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1363-1379

  Leonard, Laurence B ^a   Camarata, Stephen M ^b   Brown, Barbara ^a   Camarata, Mary N ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Grammar; Grammatical morphemes; Language disorders in children; Language intervention; Specific language impairment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; READING; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH DISORDER;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; LINGUISTICS; MALE; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; SPEECH THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 12144281290     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2004/102)     Document Type: Article

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