The representation of english articles in second language grammars: Determiners or adjectives?

Bilingualism

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-18

  Trenkic, Danijela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 40649123353     PISSN: 13667289     EISSN: 14691841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1366728907003185     Document Type: Article

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