Prosodic structure and the representation of L2 functional morphology: A nativist approach

Lingua

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 577-594

  Goad, Heather ^a   White, Lydia ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Determiners; Inflection; Mandarin; Prosodic structure; Transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 39149099189     PISSN: 00243841     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lingua.2007.01.008     Document Type: Article

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