What a bayesian analysis can do for SLA: New tools for the sociolinguistic study of subject expression in L2 Spanish

Language Learning

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 371-399

  Gudmestad, Aarnes ^a   House, Leanna ^a   Geeslin, Kimberly L ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced learners; Quantitative methods; Spanish; Subject expression; Variation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881554282     PISSN: 00238333     EISSN: 14679922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/lang.12006     Document Type: Article

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