Reaching the end point and stopping midway: Different scenarios in the acquisition of Russian

Russian Linguistics

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 157-199

  Polinsky, Maria ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34547323519     PISSN: 03043487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11185-007-9011-2     Document Type: Review

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