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Nina M. Hyams, Language acquisition and the theory of parameters. Dordrecht: D. Reidel, 1986. Pp. xiii + 186.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 December 2008

Lydia White
Lydia White
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Department of Linguistics, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Language in Society , Volume 18 , Issue 4 , December 1989 , pp. 567 - 572
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