Selective integration of Linguistic knowledge in adult second language learning

Language Learning

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-33

  Jiang, Nan ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Automaticity; Chinese; Plural; Second language; Self paced reading; Subcategorization

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846578722     PISSN: 00238333     EISSN: 14679922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9922.2007.00397.x     Document Type: Article

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