Production and comprehension of pronouns by Greek children with specific language impairment

British Journal of Developmental Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 189-216

  Stavrakaki, Stavroula ^a   van der Lely, Heather ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; GREECE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LINGUISTICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEMANTICS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; COMPREHENSION; GREECE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LINGUISTICS; SEMANTICS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 77951233697     PISSN: 0261510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/026151010X485269     Document Type: Article

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