English past tense use in bilingual children with language impairment

American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 313-323

  Jacobson, Peggy F ^a   Schwartz, Richard G ^b  

^a ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilingualism; English past tense; Language impairment; Second language acquisition

Indexed keywords

EID: 31544451033     PISSN: 10580360     EISSN: 15589110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1058-0360(2005/030)     Document Type: Article

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