Brain potentials reveal discrete stages of L2 grammatical learning

Language Learning

Volumn 60, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2010, Pages 123-150

  McLaughlin, Judith ^a   Tanner, Darren ^a   Pitkänen, Ilona ^a   Frenck Mestre, Cheryl ^b   Inoue, Kayo ^a   Valentine, Geoffrey ^a   Osterhout, Lee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

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EID: 78649430761     PISSN: 00238333     EISSN: 14679922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9922.2010.00604.x     Document Type: Article

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