Present tense be use in young children with specific language impairment: Less is more

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 944-956

  Beverly, Brenda L ^a   Williams, Cynthia C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^b St Mary's County Public Schools   (United States)

Author keywords

Grammatical morphology; Less is more; Specific language impairment; Verb be

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MEMORY; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; LINGUISTICS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 4344578554     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2004/070)     Document Type: Article

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