Topic-drop versus pro-drop: Null subjects and pronominal subjects in the Spanish l2 of Chinese, English, French, German and Japanese speakers

Second Language Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-40

  Liceras, Juana M ^a   Díaz, Lourdes ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

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EID: 2942576825     PISSN: 02676583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/026765899678128123     Document Type: Article

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