Hebrew and Arabic children going Romance on the acquisition of word order in Semitic and Romance

Romance Languages and Linguistic Theory

Volumn 1, Issue , 2009, Pages 51-66

  Costa, João ^a   Friedmann, Naama ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 85121757827     PISSN: 1574552X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1075/rllt.1.03cos     Document Type: Article

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