On the particulars of Universal Grammar: Implications for acquisition

Language Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue PB, 2014, Pages 189-198

  Boeckx, Cedric ^a,b   Leivada, Evelina ^b  

^a INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acquisition; Learning; Parameter; Universal grammar; Variation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027932668     PISSN: 03880001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.langsci.2014.03.004     Document Type: Article

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