Is it possible to differentiate multilingual children and children with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD)?
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This paper by Maria Garraffa, Maria Vender, Antonella Sorace and Maria Teresa Guasti considers why it's important to differentiate multilingual children and children with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD).
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