The Cumulative-Enhancement model for language acquisition: Comparing adults’ and children’s patterns of development in first, second and third language acquisition of relative clauses

International Journal of Multilingualism

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 3-16

  Flynn, Suzanne ^a   Foley, Claire ^a   Vinnitskaya, Inna ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Free relatives; Language acquisation; Multilingualism; Relative clauses; Universal grammar

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750700045     PISSN: 14790718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14790710408668175     Document Type: Article

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