Input processing: A study of ab initio learners with multilingual backgrounds

International Journal of Multilingualism

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 17-37

  Han, ZhaoHong ^a   Peverly, Stephen T ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Beginning learners; Input processing; Meaning primacy; Multilingual acquisition; Norwegian

Indexed keywords

EID: 50249102511     PISSN: 14790718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2167/ijm052.0     Document Type: Article

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