Grammaticality judgments in children: The role of age, working memory and phonological ability

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 247-268

  McDonald, Janet L ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PHONETICS; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPEECH; SPEECH ANALYSIS;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PHONETICS; SPEECH; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT;

EID: 42549128250     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: 14697602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305000907008367     Document Type: Article

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