Lexical constraints on the acquisition of split intransitivity

Studies in Second Language Acquisition

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 247-278

  Sorace, Antonella ^a   Shomura, Yoko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85022857255     PISSN: 02722631     EISSN: 14701545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0272263101002066     Document Type: Article

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