Gender and number agreement in nonnative Spanish

Applied Psycholinguistics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 105-133

  White, Lydia ^a   Valenzuela, Elena ^a   Kozlowska Macgregor, Martyna ^a   Leung, Yan Kit Ingrid ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 2542620564     PISSN: 01427164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0142716404001067     Document Type: Article

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