Exploring the Role of n-Grams in L1 Identifi cation

Approaching Language Transfer through Text Classification: Explorations in the Detection-Based Approach

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 71-105

  Jarvis, Scott ^a   Paquot, Magali ^b  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

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