What's new?: A usage-Based classroom study of linguistic routines and creativity in L2 learning

IRAL - International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-30

  Eskildsen, SØren Wind ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Longitudinal SLA; Traceback methodology; Usage based linguistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900537151     PISSN: 0019042X     EISSN: 16134141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/iral-2014-0001     Document Type: Article

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