title: Verbal imitation by Down syndrome and nonretarded children.
abstract: Grammatical aspects of the spontaneous repetitions of maternal speech by Down syndrome and nonretarded children were in investigated. Verbal imitations were found to be very similar in grammatical structure for the two groups of children at comparable levels of language development.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004314:Down Syndrome / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007100:Imitative Behavior; D007223:Infant; D007804:Language Development; D008297:Male; D014705:Verbal Behavior