Early syntactic acquisition in German: Evidence for the modal hypothesis

Language

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 97-120

  Ingram, David ^a   Thompson, William ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0002463738     PISSN: 00978507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/416795     Document Type: Article

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