Modality, infinitives, and finite bare verbs in Dutch and English child language

Language Acquisition

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 75-113

  Blom, Elma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 34447267741     PISSN: 10489223     EISSN: 15327817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10489220701331821     Document Type: Article

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