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Insa Gülzow & Natalia Gagarina (eds), Frequency effects in language acquisition: Defining the limits of frequency as an explanatory concept. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 2007. Pp. 422. ISBN 978-3-11-019671-9.

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Insa Gülzow & Natalia Gagarina (eds), Frequency effects in language acquisition: Defining the limits of frequency as an explanatory concept. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 2007. Pp. 422. ISBN 978-3-11-019671-9.

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Ben Ambridge
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Journal of Child Language , Volume 37 , Issue 2 , March 2010 , pp. 453 - 460
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