L1 transfer in the acquisition of manner and path in Spanish by native speakers of English

International Journal of Bilingualism

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 117-138

  Larrañaga, Pilar ^a   Treffers Daller, Jeanine ^b   Tidball, Françoise ^c   Ortega, Mari carmen Gil ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

motion event; second language acquisition; Spanish; thinking for speaking; transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858304888     PISSN: 13670069     EISSN: 17566878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367006911405577     Document Type: Article

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