The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition

First published 2012
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     The Routledge handbook of second language acquisition/edited by
     Susan M. Gass and Alison Mackey.
          p. cm.

Includes index.
ISBN 978-0-415-47993-6 -- ISBN 978-0-203-80818-4 (ebook)
1. Second language acquisition--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
2. Language and languages--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
I. Gass, Susan M. II. Mackey, Alison.
P118.2.R68 2011
401'.93--dc22
2011002649

ISBN: 978-0-415-47993-6 (hbk)
ISBN: 978-0-203-80818-4 (ebk)

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