Judgments of omitted BE and DO in questions as extended finiteness clinical markers of specific language impairment (SLI) to 15 years: A study of growth and asymptote

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1417-1433

  Rice, Mabel L ^a   Hoffman, Lesa ^b   Wexler, Ken ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Grammaticality judgments; Language impairments in children; Language phenotype; Question acquisition; Specific language impairment (SLI)

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; GRAMMAR; GROWTH CURVE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LINGUISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; READING; SPEECH; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; LINGUISTICS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; TIME FACTORS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 71649095183     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2009/08-0171)     Document Type: Article

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