Aktionsart, aspect, and the aquisition of finiteness in early child grammar

Linguistics

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 723-755

  Gavruseva, Elena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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EID: 0042378469     PISSN: 00243949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/ling.2003.023     Document Type: Review

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