Testing the fundamental difference hypothesis: L2 adult, l2 child, and l1 child comparisons in the acquisition of Korean Wh-constructions with negative polarity items

Studies in Second Language Acquisition

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 323-361

  Song, Hyang Suk ^a   Schwartz, Bonnie D ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

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EID: 71749090204     PISSN: 02722631     EISSN: 14701545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0272263109090329     Document Type: Article

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