Children's Comprehension of Object Relative Sentences: It's Extant Language Knowledge That Matters, Not Domain-General Working Memory.
Purpose: The aim of this study was to determine whether extant language (lexical) knowledge or domain-general working memory is the better predictor of comprehension of object relative sentences for children with typical development. We hypothesized that extant language knowledge, not domain-general...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research Vol. 60; no. 10; pp. 2865 - 2879 |
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American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
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