The acquisition of apparent optionality: Word order in subject and object shift constructions in Norwegian

Studies in Theoretical Psycholinguistics

Volumn 39, Issue , 2011, Pages 241-270

  Anderssen, Merete ^a   Bentzen, Kristine ^a   Rodina, Yulia ^a   Westergaard, Marit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Acquisition; Input; Object shift; Optionality; Subject placement

Indexed keywords

EID: 85119022915     PISSN: 18730043     EISSN: 22151788     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9207-6_10     Document Type: Chapter

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