Noun, verb, or adjective? L2 learners' sensitivity to cues to word class

Language Awareness

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 147-164

  Zyzik, Eve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Categorisation; Noticing; SLA; Spanish; Verbal protocols

Indexed keywords

EID: 75349097192     PISSN: 09658416     EISSN: 17477506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09658410902855847     Document Type: Article

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