Do L2 speakers think in the L1 when speaking in the L2?

Vigo International Journal of Applied Linguistics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 139-179

  Schmiedtová, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adult second language acquisition; Advanced L2 speakers; Conceptualization; Eye tracking; Motion events

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952722485     PISSN: 16970381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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