Language impairment in less skilled comprehenders: The on-line processing of anaphoric pronouns in a listening situation

Reading and Writing

Volumn 18, Issue 7-9, 2005, Pages 715-753

  Megherbi, Hakima ^a   Ehrlich, Marie France ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Anaphoric pronouns in children; Language impairment; Reading comprehension

Indexed keywords

EID: 28344444232     PISSN: 09224777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11145-005-8131-6     Document Type: Article

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