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Defense of the syntactic deficit hypothesis: A reply to Goodluck

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 November 2008

Cecile L. Stein ,
Edgar B. Zurif  and
Helen S. Cairns
Cecile L. Stein*
Affiliation:
Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York
Edgar B. Zurif
Affiliation:
Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York
Helen S. Cairns
Affiliation:
Queens College and Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York
*
Cecile L. Stein, 140 East Hartsdale Avenue, Hartsdale, New York 10530
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At the outset we wish to thank the editors of Applied Psycholinguistics for inviting us to reply to Goodluck's criticisms of our paper, “Sentence Comprehension Limitations Related to Syntactic Deficits in Reading Disabled Children” (Vol. 5, No. 4). Our response can be summarized in two points: First, the theoretical questions raised by Goodluck are largely unresolved and premature. Second, and most important, is the point that however the theoretical issues are ultimately resolved, one of the basic conclusions of the Stein, Cairns, and Zurif article remains unassailed – viz., that the interpretation of temporal complement constructions in English reveals a deficit in the grammatical System of some reading disabled children. This note will bear an organization analogous to that of Goodluck.

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Applied Psycholinguistics , Volume 6 , Issue 2 , June 1985 , pp. 191 - 193
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985

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