Reflections on mixing methods in applied linguistics research

Applied Linguistics

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 206-212

  Hashemi, Mohammad R ^a  

^a KHARAZMI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

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EID: 84860478024     PISSN: 01426001     EISSN: 1477450X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/applin/ams008     Document Type: Review

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