The acquisition of tense in English: Distinguishing child second language from first language and specific language impairment

Applied Psycholinguistics

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 689-722

  Paradis, Johanne ^a   Rice, Mabel L ^b   Crago, Martha ^c   Marquis, Janet ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 52449117948     PISSN: 01427164     EISSN: 14691817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0142716408080296     Document Type: Article

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