Past tense marking by african american english-speaking children reared in poverty

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 2-15

  Pruitt, Sonja ^a   Oetting, Janna ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African american english; Low income; Past ter grammatical morphology; Specific language impairment (SLI)

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; POVERTY; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; SPEECH;

EID: 60049100508     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2008/07-0176)     Document Type: Article

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