A dynamic look at L2 phonological learning: Seeking processing explanations for implicational phenomena

Studies in Second Language Acquisition

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 407-448

  Trofimovich, Pavel ^a   Gatbonton, Elizabeth ^a   Segalowitz, Norman ^a  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

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EID: 34547670819     PISSN: 02722631     EISSN: 14701545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S027226310707026X     Document Type: Article

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