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A comparison of informal and formal acceptability judgments using a random sample from Linguistic Inquiry 2001-2010

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ID4095869
AuthorsJon Sprouse (0000-0002-8875-3204), Carson T Schutze (0000-0002-5066-314X), Diogo Almeida (0000-0003-4674-8092)
Year2013
Volume134
Pages219-248
Publication date2013-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueLingua (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0024-3841 • E-ISSN: 1872-6135
PublisherElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.lingua.2013.07.002
OpenAlexW2072364373
LanguageEN
Citations received122
References cited56

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