Acquisition of binding of English reflexives by Turkish L2 learners: A Neo-Gricean pragmatic account

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 753-775

  Demirci, Mahide ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Binding theory; English; I principle; L2 acquisition; Pragmatic theory of anaphora; Reflexives; Turkish

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346488829     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-2166(00)00017-5     Document Type: Article

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