Individual differences reveal stages of L2 grammatical acquisition: ERP evidence

Bilingualism

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 367-382

  Tanner, Darren ^a   McLaughlin, Judith ^b   Herschensohn, Julia ^b   Osterhout, Lee ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

ERP; individual differences; morphosyntax; N400; P600; second language acquisition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874923008     PISSN: 13667289     EISSN: 14691841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1366728912000302     Document Type: Article

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