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Research Article

High-frequency verbs and verb diversity in the spontaneous speech of school-age children with specific language impairment

T. Thordardottir McGill University, Canada
,
Ellis Susan McGill University, Canada
&
Elin Weismer University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Pages 221-244 | Published online: 03 Jul 2009

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