Processing wh-dependencies in a second language: A cross-modal priming study

Second Language Research

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 9-36

  Felser, Claudia ^a,b   Roberts, Leah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33847673189     PISSN: 02676583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0267658307071600     Document Type: Article

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