Item versus system learning: Explaining free variation

Applied Linguistics

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 460-480

  Ellis, Rod ^a  

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EID: 0033479076     PISSN: 01426001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/applin/20.4.460     Document Type: Article

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