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Sense and Nonsense in Foreign Language Textbooks
Author(s) -
Steiner Florence
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
foreign language annals
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.258
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1944-9720
pISSN - 0015-718X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1944-9720.1973.tb00069.x
Subject(s) - nonsense , foreign language , mathematics education , psychology , linguistics , work (physics) , pedagogy , engineering , philosophy , mechanical engineering , biochemistry , chemistry , gene
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