Subject realization in early Hebrew/English bilingual acquisition: The role of crosslinguistic influence

Bilingualism

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 333-344

  Hacohen, Aviya ^a   Schaeffer, Jeannette ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

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EID: 35649021747     PISSN: 13667289     EISSN: 14691841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1366728907003100     Document Type: Article

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