The development of inversion in wh-questions: A reply to Van Valin

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 197-212

  Rowland, Caroline F ^b   Pine, Julian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 0242585336     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305000902005445     Document Type: Article

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