The Basic Variety (or: Couldn't natural languages be much simpler?)

Second Language Research

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 301-347

  Klein, Wolfgang ^a   Perdue, Clive ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 8   (France)

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EID: 0013565972     PISSN: 02676583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/026765897666879396     Document Type: Article

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