Putting parameters in their proper place

Second Language Research

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 291-311

  Montrul, Silvina ^a   Yoon, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

features; genericity; Parameters; perfectivity; syncretic categories

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649160750     PISSN: 02676583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0267658308100290     Document Type: Article

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