The language abilities of bilingual children with down syndrome

American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 187-199

  Bird, Elizabeth Kay Raining ^a   Cleave, Patricia ^a   Trudeau, Natacha ^b   Thordardottir, Elin ^c   Sutton, Ann ^b   Thorpe, Amy ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bilingualism; Down syndrome; Language development; Language disorders

Indexed keywords

EID: 27744585236     PISSN: 10580360     EISSN: 15589110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1058-0360(2005/019)     Document Type: Article

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