Linguistic skills of adult native speakers, as a function of age and level of education

Applied Linguistics

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 475-494

  Mulder, Kimberley ^a   Hulstijn, Jan H ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 80051965137     PISSN: 01426001     EISSN: 1477450X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/applin/amr016     Document Type: Article

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