Negative Concord in Child African American English: Implications for Specific Language Impairment

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 212-222

  Coles White, D'Jaris ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American English; Language comprehension; Linguistic differences; Negation; Negative concord

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 1542723117     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2004/018)     Document Type: Article

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