The clause-initial positionin L2 german declaratives: Transfer of Information Structure

Studies in Second Language Acquisition

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 511-538

  Bohnacker, Ute ^a   Rosén, Christina ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 55549144026     PISSN: 02722631     EISSN: 14701545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0272263108080741     Document Type: Article

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