The status of thematic verbs in the second language acquisition of Chinese: Against inevitability of thematic-verb raising in second language acquisition

Second Language Research

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 248-272

  Yuan, Boping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84992884478     PISSN: 02676583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026765830101700302     Document Type: Article

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