Comparison of personal versus fictional narratives of children with language impairment

American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 194-206

  McCabe, Allyssa ^a,c   Bliss, Lynn ^b   Barra, Gabriela ^a   Bennett, Maribeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Children; Language disorders; Narrative

Indexed keywords

EID: 44349144764     PISSN: 10580360     EISSN: 15589110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1058-0360(2008/019)     Document Type: Article

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