Subjunctive use and development in L2 French: A longitudinal study

LIA Language, Interaction and Acquisition

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 42-73

  McManus, Kevin ^a   Mitchell, Rosamond ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mood; Speech; Study abroad; Subjunctive; Writing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940668075     PISSN: 18797865     EISSN: 18797873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/lia.6.1.02mcm     Document Type: Review

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