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Hadley, Pamela A.; Rice, Mabel L. – Language Acquisition, 1996
Examines the use of finiteness markers copula "BE" and auxiliaries "BE" and "DO" in the spontaneous speech of children with specific language impairment. Focus is on whether the categorical distinctions between main verbs and auxiliaries and/or between the auxiliary types influence the relative order of emergence…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Language, Developmental Stages, Error Analysis (Language)