Three stages of root infinitive production in early child Russian

First Language

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 99-131

  Kallestinova, Elena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Discourse linking; Extensional intentional contexts; Full competence hypothesis; Modal shift; Underspecification

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249142648     PISSN: 01427237     EISSN: 17402344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0142723706068434     Document Type: Article

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