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The Etiology of Individual Differences in Second Language Acquisition in Australian School Students: A Behavior‐Genetic Study

dc.contributor.authorCoventry, Williamen_US
dc.contributor.authorAntón‐méndez, Inésen_US
dc.contributor.authorEllis, Elizabeth M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorLevisen, Christinaen_US
dc.contributor.authorByrne, Brianen_US
dc.contributor.authorvan Daal, Victor H. P.en_US
dc.contributor.authorEllis, Nick C.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2012-09-05T14:46:11Z
dc.date.available2013-10-18T17:47:30Zen_US
dc.date.issued2012-09en_US
dc.identifier.citationCoventry, William; Antón‐méndez, Inés ; Ellis, Elizabeth M.; Levisen, Christina; Byrne, Brian; van Daal, Victor H. P.; Ellis, Nick C. (2012). "The Etiology of Individual Differences in Second Language Acquisition in Australian School Students: A Behaviorâ Genetic Study." Language Learning 62(3). <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/93553>en_US
dc.identifier.issn0023-8333en_US
dc.identifier.issn1467-9922en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/93553
dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing Incen_US
dc.publisherWiley Periodicals, Inc.en_US
dc.subject.otherTwinen_US
dc.subject.otherReading/Writingen_US
dc.subject.otherSecond Language Acquisitionen_US
dc.subject.otherBehavior Geneticsen_US
dc.subject.otherSpeaking/Listeningen_US
dc.titleThe Etiology of Individual Differences in Second Language Acquisition in Australian School Students: A Behavior‐Genetic Studyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.rights.robotsIndexNoFollowen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelLinguisticsen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelSocial Sciencesen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumUniversity of Michiganen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherUniversity of New Englanden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherUniversity of New Englanden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherUniversity of Stavangeren_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherUniversity of New England and Linköping Universityen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherUniversity of New Englanden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherUniversity of New Englanden_US
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/93553/1/j.1467-9922.2012.00718.x.pdf
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1467-9922.2012.00718.xen_US
dc.identifier.sourceLanguage Learningen_US
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