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Research Article

The influence of the frequency of functional markers on repetitive imitation of syntactic constructions in children with specific language impairment, from their own language productions

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Pages 508-520 | Received 15 Sep 2012, Accepted 15 Mar 2013, Published online: 17 May 2013

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