Relevant responding in pragmatic language impairment: The role of language variation in the information-soliciting utterance

Child Language Teaching and Therapy

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-21

  Vigil, Vannesa T ^a   Eyer, Julia A ^b   Hardee, W Paul ^c  

^a Educational Assessment Systems Inc   (United States)

^b OUR LADY OF THE LAKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NE Independent School District ^*  (United States)

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EID: 13244298227     PISSN: 02656590     EISSN: 14770865     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0265659005ct278oa     Document Type: Article

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