The role of a child's productive vocabulary in the language choice of a bilingual family

First Language

Volumn 20, Issue 58, 2000, Pages 003-28

  Nicoladis, Elena ^a   Secco, Giovanni ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

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EID: 34248737195     PISSN: 01427237     EISSN: 17402344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014272370002005801     Document Type: Article

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