Revisiting the comparative fallacy: A reply to Lakshmanan and Selinker, 2001

Second Language Research

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 129-143

  Lardiere, Donna ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33847620154     PISSN: 02676583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0267658303sr216oa     Document Type: Article

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