Eye-movement recording as a tool for studying syntactic processing in a second language: A review of methodologies and experimental findings

Second Language Research

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 175-198

  Frenck Mestre, Cheryl ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

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EID: 17644389618     PISSN: 02676583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0267658305sr257oa     Document Type: Article

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