Nonword Repetition Across Two Dialects of English: Effects of Specific Language Impairment and Nonmainstream Form Density

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Nonword repetition was thought to be a cultural and dialect neutral test for the identification of children with language impairment. However, we find it better differentiates impaired from non-impaired speakers in one dialect of English than another, and that performance is influenced by the density with which one of these dialects is spoken.

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