Language learning in four bilingual children with down syndrome: A detailed analysis of vocabulary and morphosyntax

Canadian Journal of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 6-20

  Feltmate, Krista ^a   Bird, Elizabeth Kay Raining ^b  

^a Community Rehab ^*  (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bilingual; Down syndrome; Language development; Language disorders

Indexed keywords

EID: 41449112855     PISSN: 1913200X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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