Word association patterns: Unpacking the assumptions

International Journal of Applied Linguistics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 319-331

  Fitzpatrick, Tess ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bilingualism; Lexical development; Native vs non native speakers; Psycholinguistics; Second language acquisition

Indexed keywords

EID: 35349027939     PISSN: 08026106     EISSN: 14734192     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1473-4192.2007.00172.x     Document Type: Article

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