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Sometimes they use it, sometimes they don't: An epistemological discussion of L2 morphological production and its use as a competence measurement

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Sometimes they use it, sometimes they don't: An epistemological discussion of L2 morphological production and its use as a competence measurement. / Rothman, Jason.
In: Applied Linguistics, Vol. 28, No. 4, 01.12.2007, p. 609-614.

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Rothman, J 2007, 'Sometimes they use it, sometimes they don't: An epistemological discussion of L2 morphological production and its use as a competence measurement', Applied Linguistics, vol. 28, no. 4, pp. 609-614. https://doi.org/10.1093/applin/amm035

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Rothman, J. (2007). Sometimes they use it, sometimes they don't: An epistemological discussion of L2 morphological production and its use as a competence measurement. Applied Linguistics, 28(4), 609-614. https://doi.org/10.1093/applin/amm035

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Rothman J. Sometimes they use it, sometimes they don't: An epistemological discussion of L2 morphological production and its use as a competence measurement. Applied Linguistics. 2007 Dec 1;28(4):609-614. doi: 10.1093/applin/amm035

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Rothman, Jason. / Sometimes they use it, sometimes they don't : An epistemological discussion of L2 morphological production and its use as a competence measurement. In: Applied Linguistics. 2007 ; Vol. 28, No. 4. pp. 609-614.

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