EVIDENCE of LEXICAL TRANSFER in LEARNER SYNTAX

Studies in Second Language Acquisition

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 71-102

  Helms Park, Rena ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 84937334735     PISSN: 02722631     EISSN: 14701545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0272263101001036     Document Type: Article

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