The grammar of information: Challenges for older students with language impairments

Topics in Language Disorders

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 288-307

  Scott, Cheryl M ^a   Balthazar, Catherine H ^b  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GOVERNORS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

academic literacy; complex syntax; expository; grammar; intervention; language assessment; language impairment

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649528622     PISSN: 02718294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TLD.0b013e3181f90878     Document Type: Article

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