When conversation is not enough: Assessing infinitival complements through elicitation

American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 92-106

  Eisenberg, Sarita ^a,b  

^a MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex sentences; Elicited production; Language assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 23744472131     PISSN: 10580360     EISSN: 15589110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1058-0360(2005/011)     Document Type: Review

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