Acquiring the unaccusative/unergative distinction in a second language: Evidence from English-speaking learners of L2 Chinese

Linguistics

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 275-296

  Yuan, Boping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0040218678     PISSN: 00243949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/ling.37.2.275     Document Type: Article

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