The weaker language in early child bilingualism: Acquiring a first language as a second language?

Applied Psycholinguistics

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 495-514

  Meisel, Jürgen M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

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EID: 34250168695     PISSN: 01427164     EISSN: 14691817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0142716407070270     Document Type: Conference Paper

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