'The philosopher pulled the lower jaw of the hen.' Ludicrous invented sentences in language teaching

Applied Linguistics

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 366-387

  Cook, Guy ^a  

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DOI: 10.1093/applin/22.3.366     Document Type: Article

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