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SALIENCE, COGNITION, LANGUAGE COMPLEXITY, AND COMPLEX ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 May 2016

Nick C. Ellis
Nick C. Ellis*
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University of Michigan
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Studies in Second Language Acquisition , Volume 38 , Special Issue 2: Cognitive Perspectives on Difficulty and Complexity in SLA , June 2016 , pp. 341 - 351
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