THE ACQUISITION OF SYNTACTIC REPRESENTATIONS: A GENERAL NATIVIST APPROACH

Handbook of Child Language Acquisition

Volumn , Issue , 2023, Pages 157-193

  O'grady, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1163/9789004653023_008     Document Type: Chapter

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