Distinguishing African American English from developmental errors in the language production of toddlers

Applied Psycholinguistics

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 597-620

  Horton Ikard, RaMonda ^a,b   Weismer, Susan Ellis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

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EID: 33644891016     PISSN: 01427164     EISSN: 14691817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0142716405050320     Document Type: Review

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