Corpus, concordance, classification: Young learners in the L1 classroom

Language Awareness

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 208-223

  Sealey, Alison ^a   Thompson, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Concordancing; Corpus linguistics; Metalinguistic awareness; Young learners

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249158675     PISSN: 09658416     EISSN: 17477506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2167/la453.0     Document Type: Article

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