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Simple triggers and creoles

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Commentary onLightfootDavid (1989) The child's trigger experiences Degree-0 learnability. BBS 12: 321–375.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 May 2011

David Lightfoot
David Lightfoot
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Department of Linguistics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, Electronic mail: weinberg@umd5.umd.edu
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 14 , Issue 2 , June 1991 , pp. 366 - 368
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