Input processing at first exposure to a sign language

Second Language Research

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 443-463

  Ortega, Gerardo ^a   Morgan, Gary ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

first exposure; iconicity; L2; sign language

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942094498     PISSN: 02676583     EISSN: 14770326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0267658315576822     Document Type: Article

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