Trilingual conversations: A window into multicompetence

International Journal of Bilingualism

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 221-242

  Edwards, Malcolm ^a   Dewaele, Jean Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

codeswitching; language mode; multicompetence language dominance; trilingualism

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249143001     PISSN: 13670069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/13670069070110020401     Document Type: Article

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