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Peer reviewedGrela, Bernard G.; Leonard, Laurence B. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2000
This study examined the influence of argument-MA-structure complexity on the omission of auxiliary "be" verbs in 30 children with specific language impairment (SLI). Results indicated that the children with SLI and controls matched for mean length of utterance were more likely to omit the auxiliary forms when attempting sentences with greater…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Children, Difficulty Level, Expressive Language
