On the (UN)-ambiguity of adjectival modification in Spanish determiner phrases: Informing debates on the mental representations of l2 syntax

Studies in Second Language Acquisition

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 47-77

  Rothman, Jason ^a   Judy, Tiffany ^a   Guijarro Fuentes, Pedro ^b   Pires, Acrisio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 77951223676     PISSN: 02722631     EISSN: 14701545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0272263109990258     Document Type: Review

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