Optimality Theory and phonological acquisition

Boersma, Paul; Levelt, Clara

doi:10.1075/arla.3.03boe

Article published In: Annual Review of Language Acquisition: Volume 3 (2003)
Edited by Lynn Santelmann, Maaike Verrips, Frank Wijnen and Clara Levelt
[Annual Review of Language Acquisition 3] 2003
► pp. 1–50

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Optimality Theory and phonological acquisition

Paul Boersma | University of Amsterdam

Clara Levelt | Leiden University

Published online: 26 April 2004

https://doi.org/10.1075/arla.3.03boe

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