The role of elaborations in L2 text memory: The effect of encoding task on recall of causally related sentences

Modern Language Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 151-164

  Horiba, Yukie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

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EID: 33747635004     PISSN: 00267902     EISSN: 15404781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-4781.1996.tb01155.x     Document Type: Article

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