Language acquisition as computational resetting: Verb movement in L3 initial state

International Journal of Multilingualism

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 343-362

  Hermas, Abdelkader ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acquisition of English; Arabic French beginners; Computational resetting; Crosslinguistic influence; Third language acquisition; Verb movement parameter

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952885095     PISSN: 14790718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14790718.2010.487941     Document Type: Article

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