Structural and lexical case in child German: Evidence from language-impaired and typically developing children

Language Acquisition

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 3-32

  Eisenbeiss, Sonja ^a   Bartke, Susanne ^b   Clahsen, Harald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 33745946814     PISSN: 10489223     EISSN: 15327817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327817la1301_2     Document Type: Article

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