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Fourcin, A.J. 1975. Language development in the absence of expressive speech. In Lenneberg, Eric H. and Elizabeth Lenneberg, eds. Foundations of language development: A multidisciplinary approach. Academic Press. pp. 263–268.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

developmental deficiency | language processing, L1-acquisition of

Annotation

With reference to cases of congenital anarthria (the inability to make speech sounds) F. argues for the primacy of language comprehension over language expression.