Acquisition of relative clauses in relation to language universals

Studies in Second Language Acquisition

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 337-344

  Hawkins, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34247564661     PISSN: 02722631     EISSN: 14701545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0272263107070192     Document Type: Note

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