Constraining second language word order optionality: Scrambling in advanced English-German and Japanese-German interlanguage

Second Language Research

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 34-71

  Hopp, Holger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 12944292930     PISSN: 02676583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0267658305sr246oa     Document Type: Article

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