The acquisition of German relative clauses: A case study

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 325-348

  Brandt, Silke ^a   Diessel, Holger ^b   Tomasello, Michael ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

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EID: 42549128249     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: 14697602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305000907008379     Document Type: Article

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