Parsing a first language like a second: The erosion of L1 parsing strategies in Spanish-English Bilinguals

International Journal of Bilingualism

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 355-371

  Dussias, Paola E ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

erosion; L1 L2; parsing

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645746728     PISSN: 13670069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/13670069040080031001     Document Type: Article

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