Native biases in generation of Wh-questions by nonnative speakers of Japanese

Studies in Second Language Acquisition

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 423-448

  Lieberman, Moti ^a   Aoshima, Sachiko ^b   Phillips, Colin ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 33749078126     PISSN: 02722631     EISSN: 14701545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0272263106060189     Document Type: Article

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