Domain-wide or variable-dependent vulnerability of the semantics-syntax interface in L2 acquisition? evidence from wh-words used as existential polarity words in L2 chinese grammars

Second Language Research

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 219-260

  Yuan, Boping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crosslinguistic influence; Existential polarity words; L2 Chinese; Semantics syntax interface; Wh words

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953058910     PISSN: 02676583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0267658309349421     Document Type: Article

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