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Motor difficulties in specific language impairment: evidence for the Iverson account? – a commentary on Iverson's ‘Developing language in a developing body: the relationship between motor development and language development’

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 February 2010

ELISABETH L. HILL
ELISABETH L. HILL*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Goldsmiths, University of London
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[*]Address for correspondence: Department of Psychology, Goldsmiths, University of London, New Cross, London, SE14 6NW, UK. tel: +44 (0)20 7919 7886; fax: +44 (0)20 7919 7873; e-mail: e.hill@gold.ac.uk
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Journal of Child Language , Volume 37 , Issue 2 , March 2010 , pp. 287 - 292
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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