A bidirectional study on the acquisition of plural noun phrase interpretation in English and Spanish

Applied Psycholinguistics

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 483-518

  Ionin, Tania ^a   Montrul, Silvina ^a   Crivos, Mónica ^b  

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

^b Universidad CAECE   (Argentina)

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EID: 84885616561     PISSN: 01427164     EISSN: 14691817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0142716411000841     Document Type: Article

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