Syntactic priming, type frequency, and EFL learners' production of wh-questions

Modern Language Journal

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 386-398

  McDonough, Kim ^a   Kim, Youjin ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 68449088148     PISSN: 00267902     EISSN: 15404781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-4781.2009.00897.x     Document Type: Article

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