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Universal Grammar and Second Language Acquisition Theory

A Review of a Research Framework and Two Exemplary Books

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 November 2008

David Birdsong
David Birdsong
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University of Florida
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Studies in Second Language Acquisition , Volume 12 , Issue 3 , September 1990 , pp. 331 - 340
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