Word order in wh-questions in a North Norwegian dialect: Some evidence from an acquisition study

Nordic Journal of Linguistics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 81-109

  Westergaard, Marit Richardsen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

information structure; Keywords child language acquisition; Norwegian; syntax; word order

Indexed keywords

EID: 13844319994     PISSN: 03325865     EISSN: 15024717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0332586503001021     Document Type: Article

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