Structural similarity in third language acquisition

Kolb, Nadine; Mitrofanova, Natalia; Westergaard, Marit

doi:10.1075/lab.23037.kol

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Structural similarity across domains in third language acquisition
Edited by Nadine Kolb, Natalia Mitrofanova and Marit Westergaard
[Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism 13:5] 2023
► pp. 607–613

Introduction

Structural similarity in third language acquisition

Nadine Kolb | University of Stavanger | UiT – The Arctic University of Norway

Natalia Mitrofanova | UiT – The Arctic University of Norway

Marit Westergaard | UiT – The Arctic University of Norway | NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology

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Published online: 22 September 2023

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