CONTEXTUAL WORD LEARNING during READING in A SECOND LANGUAGE: AN EYE-MOVEMENT STUDY

Studies in Second Language Acquisition

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 341-366

  Elgort, Irina ^a   Brysbaert, Marc ^b   Stevens, Michaël ^b   Van Assche, Eva ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

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EID: 85021147748     PISSN: 02722631     EISSN: 14701545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0272263117000109     Document Type: Article

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