Psycholinguistic evidence for split intransitivity in Spanish second language acquisition

Applied Psycholinguistics

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 239-267

  Montrul, Silvina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 3042676147     PISSN: 01427164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0142716404001122     Document Type: Article

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