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Peer reviewedLeonard, Laurence B.; And Others – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1980
Reports three studies concerning individual differences in children's use of consonants during early phonological development. The findings indicate that these differences fall within a predictable range, that the linguistic environment cannot account for several of them, and that they are partly due to variations in the choice of lexical items.…
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Child Language, Consonants, Individual Differences
Peer reviewedBortolini, Umberta; Leonard, Laurence B. – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1996
The purpose of this study was to determine whether individual differences observed in the grammatical morphology of children with specific language impairment (SLI) could be traced to another source, such as the use of weak syllables. Results show that imitations in prosody may restrict the degree of grammatical morpheme use by children with SLI.…
Descriptors: Child Language, Comparative Analysis, English, Individual Differences
