Native speaker performance validity: In vain or for gain?

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Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 83-95

  Jafarpur, Abdoljavad ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

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EID: 0030096531     PISSN: 0346251X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0346-251X(94)00036-6     Document Type: Article

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