Learned attention in adult language acquisition: A replication and generalization study and meta-analysis

Studies in Second Language Acquisition

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 589-624

  Ellis, Nick C ^a   Sagarra, Nuria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84859044505     PISSN: 02722631     EISSN: 14701545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0272263111000325     Document Type: Article

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