Elaborative Detail: Help or hindrance to the NNS listener?

Studies in Second Language Acquisition

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 283-297

  Derwing, Tracey M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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EID: 85010180865     PISSN: 02722631     EISSN: 14701545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0272263100015035     Document Type: Article

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