Mapping the research trends of third language acquisition: A bibliometric analysis based on Scopus.

Front Psychol · 2022 · PMC9670133 · PMID 36405213

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As evidenced in Figure 2 , the research on L3 acquisitions shows an increasing trend, from 1984 to 2022, especially after 2009.

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