Speech processing prerequisites or LI transfer? Evidence from English and French L2 learners of Arabic

Foreign Language Annals

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 367-390

  Alhawary, Mohammad T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabic L2 learning; Arabic second language acquisition; L1 transfer; Processability; Processing prerequisites

Indexed keywords

EID: 67651115545     PISSN: 0015718X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-9720.2009.01025.x     Document Type: Article

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