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The Units of Language Acquisition. Ann M. Peters. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1983. Pp. xii + 131.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 November 2008

Patton O. Tabors
Patton O. Tabors
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Harvard University
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Applied Psycholinguistics , Volume 5 , Issue 4 , December 1984 , pp. 380 - 383
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