Agreement without understanding? the case of third person singular /s/

First Language

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 317-330

  Johnson, Valerie E ^a   De Villiers, Jill G ^b   Seymour, Harry N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Agreement; Comprehension; Mainstream American English; Morphological development; Third person s

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846616341     PISSN: 01427237     EISSN: 17402344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0142723705053120     Document Type: Article

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