When production precedes comprehension: An optimization approach to the acquisition of pronouns

Language Acquisition

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 319-348

  Hendriks, Petra ^a   Spenader, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 33846821922     PISSN: 10489223     EISSN: 15327817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327817la1304_3     Document Type: Article

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