Le cadeau or la cadeau? The role of aptitude in learner awareness of gender distinctions in French

Canadian Modern Language Review

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 615-643

  Bell, Philippa ^a  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adults; Aptitude; Awareness; French grammatical gender

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650886217     PISSN: 00084506     EISSN: 17101131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/cmlr.65.4.615     Document Type: Article

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