What does the impact of frequency tell us about the language acquisition device?

Studies in Second Language Acquisition

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 269-273

  Hulstijn, Jan H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84937385964     PISSN: 02722631     EISSN: 14701545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0272263102002115     Document Type: Article

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