Coining complex compounds in English: Affixes and word order in acquisition

Linguistics

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1986, Pages 7-30

  Clark, Eve V ^a   Hecht, Barbara Frant ^a   Mulford, Randa C ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84928450308     PISSN: 00243949     EISSN: 1613396X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/ling.1986.24.1.7     Document Type: Article

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