Topicality and Complexity in the Acquisition of Norwegian Object Shift

Language Acquisition

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 39-72

  Anderssen, Merete ^a   Bentzen, Kristine ^a   Rodina, Yulia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

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EID: 84855921958     PISSN: 10489223     EISSN: 15327817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10489223.2012.633844     Document Type: Article

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