L2 acquisition, age, and generativist reasoning. Commentary on birdsong

Language Learning

Volumn 56, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages 51-58

  Coopmans, Peter ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 33746392448     PISSN: 00238333     EISSN: 14679922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9922.2006.00354.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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