Learnability in the second language acquisition of semantics: A bidirectional study of a semantic parameter

Second Language Research

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 498-523

  Slabakova, Roumyana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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EID: 33845316134     PISSN: 02676583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0267658306sr277oa     Document Type: Article

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