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Peer reviewedLeonard, Laurence B.; Miller, Carol; Gerber, Erika – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 1999
Evaluation of the grammatical morphology used by 50 preschool children with specific language impairment as a function of their lexical diversity found their use of finite-verb morphology (based on number of different verbs used) and noun-related morphology lagged behind expectations in comparison to a group of normally developing preschoolers.…
Descriptors: Child Development, Grammar, Language Acquisition, Language Impairments
