Child and adult construal of restrictive relative clauses: Knowledge of grammar and differential effects of syntactic context

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 345-380

  Fragman, Cathy ^a   Goodluck, Helen ^b,d   Heggie, Lindsay ^c  

^a University of York ^*

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Queens University   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34247471200     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: 14697602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305000906007938     Document Type: Article

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