One vs. more than one: Antecedents to plural marking in early language acquisition

Linguistics

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 103-139

  Clark, Eve V ^a   Nikitina, Tatiana V ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 58349112574     PISSN: 00243949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/LING.2009.004     Document Type: Article

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