The syntaxdiscourse interface in near-native L2 acquisition: Off-line and on-line performance

Bilingualism

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 463-483

  Hopp, Holger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

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EID: 74049137906     PISSN: 13667289     EISSN: 14691841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1366728909990253     Document Type: Article

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