Language Production and Reception: A Processability Theory Study

Language Learning

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 704-739

  Spinner, Patti ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Grammaticality judgments; Morphosyntax; Processability Theory; Second language acquisition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887408934     PISSN: 00238333     EISSN: 14679922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/lang.12022     Document Type: Article

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