Another take on the L2 initial state: Evidence from comprehension in L2 German

Language Acquisition

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 287-317

  Grüter, Theres ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 33846794648     PISSN: 10489223     EISSN: 15327817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327817la1304_2     Document Type: Article

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