Developmental perspectives on Specific Language Impairment: Evidence from the production of wh-questions by Greek SLI children over time

International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 384-396

  Stavrakaki, Stavroula ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

language development; SLI; wh questions

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052554883     PISSN: 17549515     EISSN: 17549507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14417040600880714     Document Type: Article

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