Developmental perspectives on bilingual Swedish-Arabic children with and without language impairment: A longitudinal study

International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 65-90

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

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bilingualism; Grammatical development; Language impairment; Preschool children; Processability

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARAB; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LINGUISTICS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; SWEDEN; THEORY;

EID: 0742269394     PISSN: 13682822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13682820310001595628     Document Type: Article

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