Second language (L2) english and third language (L3) french article acquisition by native speakers of cantonese

International Journal of Multilingualism

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 117-149

  Ingrid Leung, Yan Kit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cantonese; Classifier; Definite and indefinite articles; Functional categories; L2 and L3 acquisition; Number

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249157017     PISSN: 14790718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2167/ijm041.0     Document Type: Article

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