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The relationship between age and MLU in young children: a second look at Klee and Fitzgerald's data*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 February 2009

Susan Conant
Susan Conant*
Affiliation:
Research Institute for Educational Problems, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Research Institute for Educational Problems, 29 Ware St., Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
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Journal of Child Language , Volume 14 , Issue 1 , February 1987 , pp. 169 - 173
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1987

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The author would especially like to thank Thomas Klee for his helpful comments on an early draft of this paper. The author is also grateful for the support of Grant G008400631 from the Office of Special Education Programs, U.S. Department of Education.

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