Magnitude estimation of linguistic acceptability

Language

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 32-68

  Bard, Ellen Gurman ^a   Robertson, Dan ^a   Sorace, Antonella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0006323873     PISSN: 00978507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/416793     Document Type: Article

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