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Epistemological issue with keynote article “Early, late or very late? Timing acquisition and bilingualism” by Ianthi Maria Tsimpli
[Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism 4:3] 2014
► pp. 325–330
Commentary

How suitable is the macro-micro parametric distinction in acquisition?

| University of Southampton
Article outline
  • The status of macroparameters in Minimalism
  • What could be the cause of late parameter setting?
  • Where do we go from here?
  • Note
  • References
Published online: 8 August 2014
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