Patterns of syntactic development in children with Williams syndrome and Down's syndrome: Evidence from passives and wh-questions

Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 705-727

  Joffe, Victoria ^a   Varlokosta, Spyridoula ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

Down's syndrome; Passives; Syntactic development; Wh questions; Williams syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DOWN SYNDROME; GRAMMAR; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LANGUAGE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COMPREHENSION; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; SPEECH; WILLIAMS SYNDROME;

EID: 34548065478     PISSN: 02699206     EISSN: 14645076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699200701541375     Document Type: Article

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