On the reliability of robustness

Studies in Second Language Acquisition

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 481-488

  Bialystok, Ellen ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 84937376370     PISSN: 02722631     EISSN: 14701545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0272263102003054     Document Type: Article

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