Commentary published In: Epistemological issue: Sources of knowledge in L3 acquisition
Edited by Cristina Flores and Neal Snape
[Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism 11:1] 2021
► pp. 89–95
Commentary
Cognitive states in third language acquisition and beyond
Theoretical and methodological paths forward
Published online: 1 March 2021
https://doi.org/10.1075/lab.20080.per
https://doi.org/10.1075/lab.20080.per
Article outline
- On cognitive adaptation in additive multilingualism: Are L and beyond the same?
- Underutilized methods: A psycholinguistic turn
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