The production of relative clauses by Italian cochlear-implanted and hearing children

Lingua

Volumn 139, Issue , 2014, Pages 39-67

  Volpato, Francesca ^a   Vernice, Mirta ^b  

^a CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cochlear implanted children; Hearing impairment; Italian; Language acquisition; Relative clause production

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893702475     PISSN: 00243841     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lingua.2013.10.010     Document Type: Article

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