Subject relatives by children with and without SLI across different dialects of English.
This study examined whether children's use of subject relative clauses differs as a function of their English dialect (African American English, AAE vs. Southern White English, SWE vs. Mainstream American English, MAE) and clinical diagnosis (specific language impairment, SLI vs. typically developin...
| Published in: | Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics Vol. 22; no. 2; pp. 111 - 126 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Feb2008
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