Connectionism and French gender attribution: Sokolik and Smith re-visited

Second Language Research

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 412-427

  Matthews, Clive A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34248759747     PISSN: 02676583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/026765899676522857     Document Type: Article

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