Genericity distinctions and the interpretation of determiners in second language acquisition

Language Acquisition

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 242-280

  Ionin, Tania ^a   Montrul, Silvina ^a   Kim, Ji Hye ^b   Philippov, Vadim ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b Soongsil University   (South Korea)

^c OREL STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 80053198381     PISSN: 10489223     EISSN: 15327817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10489223.2011.610264     Document Type: Article

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