Acquisition of German word order in tutored learners: A cross-sectional study in a wider theoretical context

Language Learning

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 185-231

  Jansen, Louise ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acquisition of German word order; German word order; Instructed second language acquisition; Order of acquisition; Processability theory; Second language acquisition; Spontaneous oral production; Stages of acquisition; Trajectories of acquisition

Indexed keywords

EID: 38749115459     PISSN: 00238333     EISSN: 14679922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9922.2007.00438.x     Document Type: Article

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