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The Maturation of Syntax
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- Authors
- Borer, H., & Wexler, K.
- Venue
- Studies in Theoretical Psycholinguistics
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Published
- 1987
- Pages
- 123-172
- ISSN
- 1873-0043 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1492445845
- Cited by
- 648
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 25.52
- Type
- book chapter
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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