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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. 308–313
Commentary

Individual differences in native speakers’ competence

Implications for learning mechanisms and first language acquisition

| The University of Manchester
Published online: 7 September 2012
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https://doi.org/10.1075/lab.2.3.13ser
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