A comparative and dynamic approach to the development of determiner use in three children acquiring different languages

First Language

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 253-279

  Bassano, Dominique ^a   Maillochon, Isabelle ^a   Korecky Kröll, Katharina ^b   Van Dijk, Marijn ^c   Laaha, Sabine ^b   Dressler, Wolfgang U ^b   Van Geert, Paul ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

determiner use development; dynamic modelling; Germanic Romance languages; input output relations; noun constructions

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961069221     PISSN: 01427237     EISSN: 17402344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0142723710393102     Document Type: Article

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