Acquisition of spanish gender agreement in two learning contexts: Study abroad and at home

Foreign Language Annals

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 289-303

  Isabelli García, Christina ^a  

^a ILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Individual variability; Language contact profile; Second language acquisition; Spanish; Spanish gender agreement; Study abroad

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956571944     PISSN: 0015718X     EISSN: 19449720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-9720.2010.01079.x     Document Type: Article

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