Semantic and conceptual knowledge underlying bilingual babies' first signs and words

Language Learning

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 205-262

  Holowka, Siobhan ^a   Brosseau Lapr, Françoise ^a   Petitto, Laura Ann ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 0036016392     PISSN: 00238333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0023-8333.00184     Document Type: Review

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