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How to set parameters: Arguments from language change. David Lightfoot. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, Bradford Books, 1991. Pp. 225.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 November 2008

Brian MacWhinney
Brian MacWhinney
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Carnegie-Mellon University
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Applied Psycholinguistics , Volume 14 , Issue 3 , July 1993 , pp. 418 - 421
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