The acquisition of pronouns by French children: A parallel study of production and comprehension

Applied Psycholinguistics

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 571-603

  Zesiger, Pascal ^a   Zesiger, Laurence Chillier ^a   Arabatzi, Marina ^a   Baranzini, Lara ^a   Cronel Ohayon, Stphany ^b   Franck, Julie ^a   Frauenfelder, Ulrich Hans ^a   Hamann, Cornelia ^c   Rizzi, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c University of Oldenburg   (Switzerland)

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EID: 77957231477     PISSN: 01427164     EISSN: 14691817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0142716410000147     Document Type: Article

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