Spontaneous language markers of Spanish language impairment

Applied Psycholinguistics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 317-339

  Simon Cereijido, Gabriela ^a   Gutiérrez Clellen, Vera F ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 33947412344     PISSN: 01427164     EISSN: 14691817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0142716407070166     Document Type: Article

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