Lexical acquisition over time in minority first language children learning English as a second language

Applied Psycholinguistics

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 41-65

  Golberg, Heather ^a   Paradis, Johanne ^a   Crago, Martha ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

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EID: 37349028096     PISSN: 01427164     EISSN: 14691817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S014271640808003X     Document Type: Article

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