Organic grammar, the basic variety and processability theory: The roots of syntax and how they grow

Vainikka, Anne; Young-Scholten, Martha

doi:10.1075/lald.39.05vai

In:Paths of Development in L1 and L2 acquisition: In honor of Bonnie D. Schwartz
Edited by Sharon Unsworth, Teresa Parodi, Antonella Sorace and Martha Young-Scholten
[Language Acquisition and Language Disorders 39] 2006
► pp. 77–106

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The roots of syntax and how they grow

Organic grammar, the basic variety and processability theory

Anne Vainikka | Johns Hopkins University

Martha Young-Scholten | University of Newcastle

Published online: 15 February 2006

https://doi.org/10.1075/lald.39.05vai

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