Constraints on Implicit Learning of Grammatical Form-Meaning Connections

Language Learning

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 634-662

  Leung, Janny H C ^a   Williams, John N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animacy; Article system; Form meaning connections; Implicit learning; Second language acquisition; Vocabulary learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860683440     PISSN: 00238333     EISSN: 14679922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9922.2011.00637.x     Document Type: Article

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