Using corpora to examine discourse effects in syntax

Allen, Shanley E.M.; Skarabela, Barbora; Hughes, Mary

doi:10.1075/tilar.6.07all

In:Corpora in Language Acquisition Research: History, methods, perspectives
Edited by Heike Behrens
[Trends in Language Acquisition Research 6] 2008
► pp. 99–137

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Using corpora to examine discourse effects in syntax

Shanley E.M. Allen

Barbora Skarabela

Mary Hughes

Published online: 9 April 2008

https://doi.org/10.1075/tilar.6.07all

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