Interactional competence and the development of alignment activity

Modern Language Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 742-756

  Dings, Abby ^a  

^a SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alignment; Conversation analysis; Interactional competence; Intersubjectivity; Second language acquisition; Spanish

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908252089     PISSN: 00267902     EISSN: 15404781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/modl.12120     Document Type: Article

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