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Leonard, Laurence B.; And Others – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1988
Analysis of the spontaneous speech of English- and Italian-speaking children with specific language impairment indicated that word-final consonants adversely influenced Italian subjects' tendency to use articles. There was no evidence of syntactic differences between the language groups. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Child Language, Children, Comparative Analysis, Consonants