Introduction: Second language development as a dynamic process

Modern Language Journal

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 166-178

  De Bot, Kees ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 43449101511     PISSN: 00267902     EISSN: 15404781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-4781.2008.00712.x     Document Type: Editorial

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