Exceptional rule learning in a longitudinal case study of williams syndrome: Acquisition of past tense

Communication Disorders Quarterly

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 231-242

  Jacobson, Peggy F ^a   Smith Cairns, Helen ^b  

^a ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

atypical language development; case studies; English past tense; Williams syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EDUCATION; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LEARNING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

EID: 77955362103     PISSN: 15257401     EISSN: 15384837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1525740109336872     Document Type: Article

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