Revue française de linguistique appliquée 2018/1 Vol. XXIII
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VOT production in multilingual learners of French as a foreign language: Cross-linguistic influence from the heritage languages Russian and Turkish

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  • GABRIEL, Christoph,
  • KRAUSE, Marion
  • and DITTMERS, Tetyana,
2018. VOT production in multilingual learners of French as a foreign language: Cross-linguistic influence from the heritage languages Russian and Turkish. Revue française de linguistique appliquée, 2018/1 Vol. XXIII, p.59-72. DOI : 10.3917/rfla.231.0059. URL : https://shs.cairn.info/journal-revue-francaise-de-linguistique-appliquee-2018-1-page-59?lang=en.
  • Gabriel, Christoph.,
  • et al.
« VOT production in multilingual learners of French as a foreign language: Cross-linguistic influence from the heritage languages Russian and Turkish ». Revue française de linguistique appliquée, 2018/1 Vol. XXIII, 2018. p.59-72. CAIRN.INFO, shs.cairn.info/journal-revue-francaise-de-linguistique-appliquee-2018-1-page-59?lang=en.
  • Gabriel, C.,
  • Krause, M.
  • and Dittmers, T.
(2018). Vot Production in Multilingual Learners of French as a Foreign Language: Cross-Linguistic Influence From the Heritage Languages Russian and Turkish. Revue française de linguistique appliquée, . XXIII(1), 59-72. https://doi.org/10.3917/rfla.231.0059.

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