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Anat Ninio, Language and the learning curve: A new theory of syntactic development. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006. Pp. 224. ISBN: 978-0-19-929982-9, 978-0-19-929981-2.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 October 2008

Lorraine McCune
Lorraine McCune
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Rutgers University
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Journal of Child Language , Volume 35 , Issue 4 , November 2008 , pp. 922 - 929
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