Second Language Processing of Filler-Gap Dependencies by Late Learners

Linguistics and Language Compass

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 372-388

  Dallas, Andrea ^a   Kaan, Edith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 57749139113     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1749818X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-818X.2008.00056.x     Document Type: Article

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