Commentary published in:
Epistemological issue with keynote article “Different speakers, different grammars: Individual differences in native language attainment” by Ewa Dabrowska
[Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism 2:3] 2012
► pp. 298–303
Commentary

Why and how individual differences matter for linguistic theory and experimental research but not for UG

| Goethe-University Frankfurt
Article outline
  • Why and how individual differences matter for linguistic theory
  • Why and how individual differences matter for experimental research
  • Notes
  • References
Published online: 07 September 2012
https://doi.org/10.1075/lab.2.3.11sch
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