Second Language Proficiency and Cross-Language Lexical Activation

Language Learning

Volumn 62, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2012, Pages 148-171

  Van Hell, Janet G ^a,b   Tanner, Darren ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84865297908     PISSN: 00238333     EISSN: 14679922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9922.2012.00710.x     Document Type: Article

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