Acquisition of SV and VS order in hebrew, European Portuguese, Palestinian Arabic, and Spanish

Language Acquisition

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-38

  Friedmann, Naama ^a   Costa, João ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

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EID: 78751628369     PISSN: 10489223     EISSN: 15327817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10489223.2011.530507     Document Type: Article

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