L2 acquisition of japanese unaccusative verbs

Studies in Second Language Acquisition

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 221-245

  Hirakawa, Makiko ^a  

^a TOKYO INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 84937340783     PISSN: 02722631     EISSN: 14701545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0272263101002054     Document Type: Article

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