Phonological memory and children's second language grammar learning

Applied Psycholinguistics

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 463-487

  French, Leif M ^a   O'Brien, Irena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 44949194691     PISSN: 01427164     EISSN: 14691817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0142716408080211     Document Type: Article

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