The production of passives by children with specific language impairment: Acquiring English or Cantonese

Applied Psycholinguistics

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 267-299

  Leonard, Laurence B ^a   Wong, Anita M Y ^b   Deevy, Patricia ^a   Stokes, Stephanie F ^c   Fletcher, Paul ^d  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

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EID: 33644880792     PISSN: 01427164     EISSN: 14691817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0142716406060280     Document Type: Article

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