Individual differences in native language attainment and their implications for research on second language acquisition

DeKeyser, Robert

doi:10.1075/lab.2.3.03dek

Commentary published In: Epistemological issue with keynote article “Different speakers, different grammars: Individual differences in native language attainment” by Ewa Dabrowska
[Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism 2:3] 2012
► pp. 260–263

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Individual differences in native language attainment and their implications for research on second language acquisition

Robert DeKeyser | University of Maryland

Published online: 7 September 2012

https://doi.org/10.1075/lab.2.3.03dek

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