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Peer reviewedKelly, Donna J.; Rice, Mabel L. – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1994
This study examined initial preferences for verb interpretation by 15 5-year-old children with specific language impairment, 15 language-matched children, and 15 age-matched children. Children indicated preferred interpretations of novel verbs from videotapes of motion and change-of-state activity scenes. Findings suggested that children's verb…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Language Acquisition, Language Impairments, Language Proficiency
