Processing Limitations And The Grammatical Profile Of Children With Specific Language Impairment

Advances in Child Development and Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue , 2007, Pages 139-171

  Leonard, Laurence B ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CULTURAL FACTOR; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LANGUAGE TEST; LINGUISTICS; METHODOLOGY;

CHILD; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; LINGUISTICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 34548453972     PISSN: 00652407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-009735-7.50009-8     Document Type: Article

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