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Language typology and the acquisition of bare noun/DP contrasts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 June 2016

Ana T. Pérez-Leroux ,
Anna Gavarró Algueró  and
Thomas Roeper
Ana T. Pérez-Leroux
Affiliation:
University of Toronto
Anna Gavarró Algueró
Affiliation:
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Thomas Roeper
Affiliation:
University of Massachusetts at Amherst
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Canadian Journal of Linguistics/Revue canadienne de linguistique , Volume 56 , Issue 3 , November 2011 , pp. 413 - 422
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Copyright © Canadian Linguistic Association 2011

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