(Mis)construing null prepositions in L2 intergrammars: A commentary and proposal

Second Language Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 37-70

  Klein, Elaine C ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 84992904191     PISSN: 02676583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026765830101700102     Document Type: Article

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