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Why do children fail to overgeneralize the progressive inflection?*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 September 2008

Stan A. Kuczaj II
Stan A. Kuczaj II
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Southern Methodist University
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Journal of Child Language , Volume 5 , Issue 1 , February 1978 , pp. 167 - 171
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1978

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Address for correspondence: Department of Psychology, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas 75275.

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