Universal and dialect-specific pathways of acquisition: Caregivers, children, and t/d deletion

Language Variation and Change

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 69-95

  Smith, Jennifer ^a   Durham, Mercedes ^b   Fortune, Liane ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 67649668623     PISSN: 09543945     EISSN: 14698021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954394509000039     Document Type: Article

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