(In)vulnerable agreement in incomplete bilingual L1 learners

International Journal of Bilingualism

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-23

  Bolonyai, Agnes ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

child bilingualism; imperfect acquisition; morphological variability

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249143937     PISSN: 13670069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/13670069070110010201     Document Type: Article

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