ASYMMETRIES in UNIVERSAL GRAMMAR the Role of Method and Statistics

Studies in Second Language Acquisition

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 209-228

  Paolillo, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 84987973582     PISSN: 02722631     EISSN: 14701545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0272263100002035     Document Type: Article

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