Speech patterns in Cypriot-Greek late talkers

Applied Psycholinguistics

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 335-353

  Petinou, Kakia ^a   Okalidou, Areti ^b  

^a CYPRUS COLLEGE   (Cyprus)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA   (Greece)

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EID: 33749357802     PISSN: 01427164     EISSN: 14691817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0142716406060309     Document Type: Article

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