Phonotactic probability and past tense use by children with specific language impairment and their typically developing peers

Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 747-758

  Leonard, Laurence B ^a   Davis, Jennifer ^a   Deevy, Patricia ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Past tense; Phonotactic probability; Specific language impairment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAMMAR; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; PEER GROUP; PHONETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PEER GROUP; PHONETICS; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT;

EID: 34748906648     PISSN: 02699206     EISSN: 14645076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699200701495473     Document Type: Article

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