Considering linguistic input in a bilingual situation: Implications for acquisition

Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 352-364

  Jacobson, Peggy F ^a,c   Cairns, Helen S ^b  

^a ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c Department of Speech Communication Sciences and Theatre ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Bilingualism; English past tense; Language input; Overregularization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHONETICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEMANTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHONETICS; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; SEMANTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 49049102307     PISSN: 01611461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/0161-1461(2008/033)     Document Type: Article

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