Language acquisition without Universal Grammar: A general nativist proposal for L2 learning

Second Language Research

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 374-397

  O'grady, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

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EID: 34248784867     PISSN: 02676583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026765839601200403     Document Type: Article

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