Commentary published In: Epistemological issue with keynote article “Different speakers, different grammars: Individual differences in native language attainment” by Ewa Dabrowska
[Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism 2:3] 2012
► pp. 298–303
Commentary
Why and how individual differences matter for linguistic theory and experimental research but not for UG
Published online: 7 September 2012
https://doi.org/10.1075/lab.2.3.11sch
https://doi.org/10.1075/lab.2.3.11sch
Article outline
- Why and how individual differences matter for linguistic theory
- Why and how individual differences matter for experimental research
- Notes
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