Definitions as a window to the acquisition of relative clauses

Applied Psycholinguistics

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 687-710

  Friedmann, Naama ^a   Aram, Dorit ^a   Novogrodsky, Rama ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 79957878823     PISSN: 01427164     EISSN: 14691817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0142716411000026     Document Type: Article

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