From number agreement to the subjunctive: Evidence for Processability Theory in L2 Spanish

Second Language Research

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 53-74

  Bonilla, Carrie L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

morphosyntax; Processability Theory; second language acquisition; Spanish

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920591601     PISSN: 02676583     EISSN: 14770326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0267658314537291     Document Type: Article

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