Language Competence in Italian Heritage Speakers: The Contribution of Clitic Pronouns and Nonword Repetition

The linguistic profile of bilingual children is known to show areas of overlap with that of children affected by Developmental Language Disorder (DLD), creating a need to differentiate the profiles and provide clinicians with tools to evaluate bilingual speakers in both of their languages. Data from...

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Published in:	Languages
Main Authors:	Giuditta Smith, Roberta Spelorzi, Antonella Sorace, Maria Garraffa
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2022-07-01
Subjects:	heritage speakers bilingualism clitic production nonword repetition specific language impairment developmental language disorder
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/2226-471X/7/3/180

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