Age effects on the process of L2 acquisition? evidence from the acquisition of negation and finiteness in L2 German

Language Learning

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 117-150

  Dimroth, Christine ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Age factor; Child L2 learners; Finiteness; Longitudinal production study; Negation; Orders of acquisition; Untutored L2 acquisition

Indexed keywords

EID: 38749151357     PISSN: 00238333     EISSN: 14679922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9922.2007.00436.x     Document Type: Article

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