Codeswitching and generative grammar: A critique of the MLF model and some remarks on "modified minimalism"

Bilingualism

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-22

  MacSwan, Jeff ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33745020458     PISSN: 13667289     EISSN: 14691841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1366728904002068     Document Type: Article

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