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The Effects of Production Demands on Grammatical Weaknesses in Specific Language Impairment: The Case of Clitic Pronouns in Italian
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Leonard, Laurence B.; Dispaldro, Marco – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2013
Purpose: Extended optional use of direct object clitic pronouns (e.g., "la" in "Paula la vede" ["Paula sees her"]) appears to be a clinical marker for specific language impairment (SLI) in Italian. In this study, we examined whether sentence production demands might influence the degree to which Italian-speaking…
Descriptors: Form Classes (Languages), Italian, Grammar, Language Impairments