Measuring language development in bilingual children: Swedish-Arabic children with and without language impairment

Linguistics

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 255-288

  Håkansson, Gisela ^a   Salameh, Eva Kristina ^b   Nettelbladt, Ulrika ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NONE

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EID: 0041877228     PISSN: 00243949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/ling.2003.009     Document Type: Review

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