METHODOLOGY IN THE STUDY OF LANGUAGE ACQUISITION: A MODULAR APPROACH

Handbook of Child Language Acquisition

Volumn , Issue , 2023, Pages 387-425

  Crain, Stephen ^a   Wexler, Kenneth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1163/9789004653023_015     Document Type: Chapter

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