Not so fast: A discussion of l2 morpheme processing and acquisition

Language Learning

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 221-230

  Larsen Freeman, Diane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Associative learning; Declarative and procedural memory; Grammatical inflection; Implicit and explicit processing; Input frequency; Item based learning; Morpheme acquisition; Rule based learning; Saliency; Single versus dual mechanism; Usage based

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950116002     PISSN: 00238333     EISSN: 14679922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9922.2009.00556.x     Document Type: Review

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