Focus and split-intransitivity: The acquisition of word order alternations in non-native Spanish

Second Language Research

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 145-187

  Lozano, Cristobal ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

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EID: 33646892422     PISSN: 02676583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0267658306sr264oa     Document Type: Article

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