Placeholders in the English interlanguage of Bilingual (Basque/Spanish) children

Language Learning

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 445-489

  Del Pilar García Mayo, María ^a,d   Ibarrola, Amparo Lázaro ^b,e   Liceras, Juana M ^c,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d Departamento de Filología Inglesa y Alemana y de Traducción e Interpretación   (Spain)

^e Departamento de Filología y Didáctica de la Lengua

^f Department of Modern Languages and Literatures ^*

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EID: 24944492467     PISSN: 00238333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0023-8333.2005.00312.x     Document Type: Review

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