Children's optimal interpretations of indefinite subjects and objects

Language Acquisition

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 103-123

  de Hoop, Helen ^a   Krämer, Irene ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 33748286992     PISSN: 10489223     EISSN: 15327817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327817la1302_4     Document Type: Article

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