A dynamic systems account of learning a word: From ecology to form relations

Applied Linguistics

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 339-358

  Churchill, Eton ^a  

^a KANAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 50949084625     PISSN: 01426001     EISSN: 1477450X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/applin/amm019     Document Type: Article

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