Answers without questions: The emergence of fragments in child language

Journal of Linguistics

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 641-673

  Ginzburg, Jonathan ^a   Kolliakou, Dimitra ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 74349116501     PISSN: 00222267     EISSN: 14697742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022226709990053     Document Type: Article

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