Emphatic ne in informal spoken French and implications for foreign language pedagogy

International Journal of Applied Linguistics

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 47-65

  Van Compernolle, Rémi A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Foreign language teaching; French; Linguistic variation; Negation; Sociolinguistic competence

Indexed keywords

EID: 62549085987     PISSN: 08026106     EISSN: 14734192     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1473-4192.2009.00213.x     Document Type: Article

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