Bilingual language mixing: Why do bilinguals code-switch?

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 164-168

  Heredia, Roberto R ^a   Altarriba, Jeanette ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilingual cognition; Bilingualism; Code switching

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035537750     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8721.00140     Document Type: Article

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