Variation in the input: A case study of manner class frequencies

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1091-1122

  Daland, Robert ^a  

^a UCLA Department of Linguistics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; PROBABILITY;

ADULT; CHILD; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; PROBABILITY;

EID: 84886912832     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: 14697602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305000912000372     Document Type: Article

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