The acquisition path for tense-aspect: Remote past and habitual in child African American English

Language Acquisition

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 269-313

  Green, Lisa ^a   Roeper, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

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EID: 34848817948     PISSN: 10489223     EISSN: 15327817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10489220701471024     Document Type: Article

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