Charting the learning path: Cues to parameter setting

Linguistic Inquiry

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 27-67

  Dresher, Bezalel Elan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Language acquisition; Learnability; Metrical phonology; Parameters

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347690912     PISSN: 00243892     EISSN: 00243892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/002438999553959     Document Type: Article

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