All acquisition begins with the projection of a bare verb phrase

Applied Psycholinguistics

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 332-339

  Vainikka, Anne ^a   Young Scholten, Martha ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

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EID: 77951234836     PISSN: 01427164     EISSN: 14691817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0142716409990518     Document Type: Note

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